Epidemic of Acute Illness–West Bank

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  The Centers for Disease Control received a request through the US Department of State to provide physicians to investigate a health problem on the West Bank. The following are the findings. From March 21 to April 3, 943 cases of an acute, non-fatal illness characterized by headache, dizziness, photophobia, blurred vision, abdominal pain, myalgia, weakness, difficulty breathing, fainting, mydriasis, and peripheral cyanosis occurred throughout the West Bank. Six hundred and sixty (70%) of the patients were school girls between the ages of 12 and 17 years. Clinical, epidemiologic, and toxicologie analyses indicated the illness was of psychogenic origin, induced by stress. The outbreak, which began at a girls' secondary school, may have been triggered by the odor of low concentrations of hydrogen sulfide gas near the school. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Gases Neurological-reactions Psychological-effects Psychological-stress Psychophysiology
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Israel
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• Volume:
  32
• Issue:
  16
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040966
• Citation:
  MMWR 1983 Apr; 32(16):205-208
• CAS Registry Number:
  Hydrogen sulfide (CAS RN 7783-06-4)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b3061844431f6496753f6650ee5f91b666d65bdfd71da86674a15891deb72bd4d4e37e34ac297ef84bf055232e15c7b9fce967b7cfe61f0d49e52211d5a7ba99
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183076/cdc_183076_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 137.38 KB ]