Assessment of Health Symptoms Over Time in Relation to Neurotoxicant Exposures in 1991 Gulf War

Longitudinal Assessment of Health Symptoms in Relation to Neurotoxicant Exposures in 1991 Gulf War Veterans was published in the The Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. This study, done in collaboration by researchers at the VA Boston Healthcare System, US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, and Boston University’s schools of Public Health, and Medicine.

Looking at health symptoms in the Ft. Devens Cohort over time since deployment, this study found high endorsement of crying easily and muscle twitching in those exposed to tent heaters. The findings of this study contribute to the existing body of research, affirming association of exposure to tent heaters with increased reporting of cardiac, neurological, and pulmonary symptoms, as well as chronic multisymptom illness (CMI), involving fatigue, cognitive/mood, and musculoskeletal symptoms.