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Health surveillance of Gulf War I veterans exposed to depleted uranium: updating the cohort.
Health physics - 1 Jul 2007
McDiarmid M A, Engelhardt S M, Oliver M, Gucer P, Wilson P D, Kane R, Cernich A, Kaup B, Anderson L, Hoover D, Brown L, Albertini R, Gudi R, Jacobson-Kram D, Squibb K S
Abstract excerpt
A cohort of seventy-four 1991 Gulf War soldiers with known exposure to depleted uranium (DU) resulting from their involvement in friendly-fire incidents with DU munitions is being followed by the Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Biennial medical surveillance visits designed to identify uranium-related changes in health have been conducted since 1993. On-going systemic exposure to DU in veterans with...
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