Exposures to the Kuwait oil fires and their association with asthma and bronchitis among Gulf War veterans. (Articles). From: Environmental Health Perspectives | Date: November 1, 2002| Author: Doebbeling, Bradley N.; Heller, Jack M.; Lange, Jeffrey L.; Schwartz, David A.; Thorne, Peter S. | COPYRIGHT 2002 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Military personnel deployed to the Persian Gulf War have reported a variety of symptoms attributed to their exposures. We examined relationships between symptoms of respiratory illness present 5 years after the war and both self-reported and modeled exposures to oil-fire smoke that occurred during deployment. Exposure and symptom information was obtained by structured telephone interview in a population-based sample of 1,560) veterans who served in the Gulf War. Modeled exposures w...

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