Does Deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan affect respiratory Health of US Military personnel?

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 740-745

  Abraham, Joseph H ^a   Debakey, Samar F ^b   Reid, Lawrence ^b   Zhou, Joey ^a   Baird, Coleen P ^a  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

^b Health Research and Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862545488     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318252969a     Document Type: Article

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