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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
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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 well fires were still burning, there was concern that ground troops stationed in Kuwait might be exposed to high levels...
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