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Biomonitoring of United States Army soldiers serving in Kuwait in 1991.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Jun 1998
Poirier M C, Weston A, Schoket B, Shamkhani H, Pan C F, McDiarmid M A, Scott B G, Deeter D P, Heller J M, Jacobson-Kram D, Rothman N
Abstract excerpt
Biomarkers of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure and genetic biomarkers of potential cancer susceptibility were determined in a group of United States Army soldiers who were deployed to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in 1991 in the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War. Because hundreds of oil w...
Topics
- DNA Primers
- Environmental Exposure
- Genotype
- Humans
- Kuwait
- Male
- Military Personnel
- Occupational Exposure
- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Population Surveillance
- United States