Characterization of Emissions from Heaters Burning Leaded Diesel Fuel in Unvented Tents

Abstract

During and after the Persian Gulf War, a proportion of returned American service personnel was diagnosed as having a "mystery illness" or "Gulf War Syndrome." Only limited information is available to study possible links between environmental exposures and the Gulf War Syndrome. The purpose of this protocol is to conduct a study that simulates human exposure to aerosols produced by unvented heaters in tents used in the Persian Gulf, so that the contribution of exposure to this in-tent pollutant can be estimated. The specific aims include: (1) physical and chemical characterization of aerosols produced by heaters that burned fuels in an unvented tent, and (2) estimation of exposure to particulate matter, combustion gases (such as CO2, CO, NOx, and SO2), and other compounds (such as lead and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA342185

Entities

People

  • Yung-sung Cheng

Organizations

  • Lovelace Foundation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combustion
  • Diesel Fuels
  • Emission
  • Environmental Exposure
  • Equations
  • Fuels
  • Gulfs
  • Health
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Materials
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Particulates
  • Persian Gulf
  • Persian Gulf Syndrome
  • Quartz Crystal Microbalances
  • Space Heaters

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Gulf War Illness and Chronic Multisymptom Illness in Veterans.
  • Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Technology.
  • Petroleum Engineering