Responses to Controlled Diesel Vapor Exposure Among Chemically Sensitive Gulf War Veterans
Nancy Fiedler, PhD,
Nicholas Giardino, PhD,
Benjamin Natelson, MD,
John E. Ottenweller, PhD,
Clifford Weisel, PhD,
Paul Lioy, PhD,
Paul Lehrer, PhD,
Pamela Ohman-Strickland, PhD,
Kathie Kelly-McNeil, BA and
Howard Kipen, MD, MPH
From the Department of Environmental and Community Medicine of UMDNJ-RWJ Medical School (N.F., C.W., P. Lioy., K.K.-M., H.K.) Piscataway, NJ; Department of Psychology (N.G.), University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; Biometrics Division (P.O.-S.), UMDNJ-School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ; Department of Neurosciences (B.N., J.E.O.), UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, East Orange, NJ; and Department of Psychiatry (P.Lehrer), UMDNJ-RWJ Medical School, Piscataway, NJ.

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Fig. 2. Total symptom severity for ill relative to healthy Gulf War veterans.
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Fig. 3. Odor irritation ratings for ill relative to healthy Gulf War veterans.
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Fig. 4. Systolic blood pressure, end-tidal CO2, and respiratory variability in response to psychological tasks and diesel exposure.
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Copyright © 2004 by the American Psychosomatic Society