Health effects of the 1991 Kuwait oil fires: A survey of US army troops

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 433-439

  Petruccelli, Bruno P ^a,e   Goldenbaum, Mary ^a   Scott, Brian ^b   Lachiver, Richard ^b   Kanjarpane, Devesh ^b   Elliott, Elizabeth ^c   Francis, Marcie ^c   McDiarmid, Melissa A ^d   Deeter, David ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b US Army Environmental Hygiene Agency   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Occupational Safety and Health Administration   (United States)

^e Preventive Medicine Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN OXIDE; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND; SULFUR OXIDE; SULFURIC ACID; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARMY; ARTICLE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EYE INFECTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIRE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OIL INDUSTRY; SMOKE; SMOKING HABIT; UNITED STATES; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WAR;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; WAR;

EID: 0033037136     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199906000-00008     Document Type: Article

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