Ecological Health Assessment of the Surface Sediments Coral Reefs Khark and Kharko Islands (Persian Gulf, Iran)

Analysis of the Correlation Patterns Sea Surface Temperature and Chlorophyll-A Concentration in Persian Gulf Oman

life in Gulf War era military personnel. Am J Epidemiol 2002;155: 899–907. 52 The International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification. 5th edn. Salt Lake City: Medicode Publication, 1998. 53 SAS Institute Inc. SAS/STAT Software Version 9.0. Cary, NC: SAS Institute Inc.; 2002. 54 Gray GC, Coate BD, Anderson CM et al. The post-war hospitalization experience of U.S. veter...

Sea water samples were collected from 32 stations in the southern part of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman during winter of 1987. Surface water of the Persian Gulf exhibited wide range and higher values of salinity (37.15-43.95, mean 40.02%) compared with lower values and narrow range (36.58-36.95, mean 36.74%) in the Gulf of Oman. Surface salinity did not reflect any significant relations...

Beaked whales are deep diving elusive animals, difficult to census with conventional visual surveys. Methods are presented for the density estimation of beaked whales, using passive acoustic monitoring data collected at sites in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) from the period during and following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (2010-2013). Beaked whale species detected include: Gervais' (Mesoplodon e...

From May 19 to May 21, 2010, the Armed Forced Health Surveillance Center and the Uniformed Services University cosponsored an educational symposium and workshop on the assessment of potentially hazardous environmental exposures among military populations. Symposium participants reviewed and analyzed historical exposure events, from herbicides in Vietnam to the 1991 Gulf War oil well fires and W...

Pyridostigmine bromide (PB) is a drug, often given as a tablet, that has been approved since 1955 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for treatment of myasthenia gravis, a disease characterized by weakness and fatigability of the muscles. During the Persian Gulf War (PGW), PB was used as an “investigational new drug” (IND) by the U.S. military and some other allied forces as a pretreatment...

OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of and risk factors for self-reported symptoms suggestive of multiple chemical sensitivities/idiopathic environmental intolerance (MCS/IEI) in Persian Gulf War (PGW) veterans from Iowa and a comparison group of PGW-era military personnel. METHODS A population-based sample of Iowa military personnel was surveyed using a cross-sectional telephone interview. St...