Newly reported lupus and rheumatoid arthritis in relation to deployment within proximity to a documented open-air burn pit in Iraq

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 698-707

  Jones, Kelly A ^a   Smith, Besa ^a   Granado, Nisara S ^a   Boyko, Edward J ^b   Gackstetter, Gary D ^c   Ryan, Margaret A K ^d,e   Phillips, Christopher J ^a   Smith, Tyler C ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c ANSER   (United States)

^d Research Development Test and Evaluation Division Code 524   (United States)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF REPORT; SMOKE;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SMOKE; VETERANS;

EID: 84862519684     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182529799     Document Type: Article

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