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Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019

A Detoxification Intervention for Gulf War Illness: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Kathleen Kerr, Gayle Morse, Donald Graves, Fei Zuo, Alain Lipowicz, David O Carpenter

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Kathleen KerrDepartment of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1V7, Canada. k.kerr@utoronto.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-7955-7551
Gayle MorseDepartment of Psychology, The Sage Colleges, Troy, NY 12180, USA. morseg@sage.edu.
Donald GravesDepartment of Psychology, The Sage Colleges, Troy, NY 12180, USA. graved@sage.edu.
Fei ZuoApplied Health Research Centre, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON M5G 1B1, Canada. zuof@smh.ca.
Alain LipowiczTrillium Gift of Life Network, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Toronto, ON M5G 2C9, Canada. alainlipowicz@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-0037-8110
David O CarpenterInstitute for Health and the Environment, University at Albany, Albany, NY 12144, USA. dcarpenter@albany.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-4841-394X
University at Albany, State University of New York · USMinistry of Health and Long Term Care · CASage Colleges · USSt. Michael's Hospital · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Approximately 30% of the 700,000 US veterans of the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War developed multiple persistent symptoms called Gulf War illness. While the etiology is uncertain, several toxic exposures including pesticides and chemical warfare agents have shown associations. There is no effective medical treatment. An intervention to enhance detoxification developed by Hubbard has improved quality of life and/or reduced body burdens in other cohorts. We evaluated its feasibility and efficacy in ill Gulf War (GW) veterans in a randomized, waitlist-controlled, pilot study at a community-based rehabilitation facility in the United States. Eligible participants (

Indexed as

Gulf WarAdultChemical WarfareFatigueFemaleHumansInactivation, MetabolicMaleMiddle AgedPersian Gulf SyndromePilot ProjectsQuality of LifeUnited StatesVeteranschemical warfare agentsdetoxificationexposomeexposureGulf War illnessHubbardnicotinic acidorganophosphatespesticidessaunaVeteran’s SF-36

Identifiers

PMID31661809
PMCPMC6862571
OpenAlexW2981889470

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