TY - JOUR
T1 - Prospective assessment of chronic multisymptom Illness reporting possibly associated with open-air burn pit smoke exposure in Iraq
AU - Powell, Teresa M.
AU - Smith, Tyler C.
AU - Jacobson, Isabel G.
AU - Boyko, Edward J.
AU - Hooper, Tomoko I.
AU - Gackstetter, Gary D.
AU - Phillips, Christopher J.
AU - Smith, Besa
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between chronic multisymptom illness (CMI) and possible exposure to an open-air burn pit at three selected bases among those deployed to operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. METHODS: Chronic multisymptom illness (reporting at least one symptom in at least two of the following symptom constructs: general fatigue; mood and cognition problems; and musculoskeletal discomfort) was assessed, differentiating by potential burn pit exposure, among deployers who completed 2004 and 2007 Millennium Cohort questionnaires. RESULTS: More than 21,000 Cohort participants were deployed in support of the current operations, including more than 3000 participants with at least one deployment within a 3-mile radius of a documented burn pit. After adjusting for covariates, no elevated risk of CMI was observed among those exposed. CONCLUSIONS: There was no increase in CMI symptom reporting in those deployed to three selected bases with documented burn pits compared with other deployers.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between chronic multisymptom illness (CMI) and possible exposure to an open-air burn pit at three selected bases among those deployed to operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. METHODS: Chronic multisymptom illness (reporting at least one symptom in at least two of the following symptom constructs: general fatigue; mood and cognition problems; and musculoskeletal discomfort) was assessed, differentiating by potential burn pit exposure, among deployers who completed 2004 and 2007 Millennium Cohort questionnaires. RESULTS: More than 21,000 Cohort participants were deployed in support of the current operations, including more than 3000 participants with at least one deployment within a 3-mile radius of a documented burn pit. After adjusting for covariates, no elevated risk of CMI was observed among those exposed. CONCLUSIONS: There was no increase in CMI symptom reporting in those deployed to three selected bases with documented burn pits compared with other deployers.
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U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318255ba39
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318255ba39
M3 - Article
C2 - 22684320
AN - SCOPUS:84862563273
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 54
SP - 682
EP - 688
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
IS - 6
ER -