Are Gulf War veterans experiencing illness due to exposure to smoke from Kuwaiti oil well fires? Examination of Department of Defense hospitalization data

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 155, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 908-917

  Smith, Tyler C ^a   Heller, Jack M ^b   Hooper, Tomoko I ^c   Gackstetter, Gary D ^c   Gray, Gregory C ^a,d  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental exposure; Hospitalization; Inhalation exposure; Morbidity; Persian Gulf syndrome; Petroleum; Smoke; Veterans

Indexed keywords

OIL;

HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; WAR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKE; SOLDIER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIRES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PETROLEUM; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SMOKE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037093214     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/155.10.908     Document Type: Article

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