Respiratory health status of Australian veterans of the 1991 Gulf War and the effects of exposure to oil fire smoke and dust storms

Thorax

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 897-903

  Kelsall, H L ^a   Sim, M R ^a   Forbes, A B ^a   McKenzie, D P ^a   Glass, D C ^a   Ikin, J F ^a   Ittak, P ^a   Abramson, M J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKE; SMOKING; SOLDIER; SPIROMETRY; WAR; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BREATHING DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; VITAL CAPACITY;

OIL;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OILS; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SMOKE; SMOKING; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 6344261566     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2003.017103     Document Type: Article

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