PILOT STUDY: THE ONSET OF ASTHMA AMONG THE KUWAITI POPULATION DURING THE BURNING OF OIL WELLS AFTER THE GULF WAR

摘要

After seven months of occupation by Iraqi troops, Kuwait was liberated on the 26th of February 1991. The retreating Iraqi troops set fire to more than 613 oil well sin several locations around Kuwait. The aim of this study was to establish a comparison between the rate of asthma cases Among the Kuwaiti population before and after the Gulf War in relation to air pollution resulting From the burning of oil wells. Data of Kuwaiti patients suffering from asthma were collected from Six general hospitals. The total number of asthma case discharges for the years 1982, 1998, and 1990-1994 were categorised into five age groups.