A case-control study of asthma among U.S. Army Gulf War veterans and modeled exposure to oil well fire smoke

Military Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 777-782

  Cowan, David N ^a   Lange, Jeffery L ^a   Heller, Jack ^a   Kirkpatrick, Jeff ^a   DeBakey, Samar ^a  

^a Federal Health Care   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; SMOKE; SOLDIER; WAR;

EID: 0036738184     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/167.9.777     Document Type: Article

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