2024
Association of deployment characteristics and exposures with persistent ill health among 1990-1991 Gulf War veterans in the VA Million Veteran Program
Steele L, Quaden R, Ahmed S, Harrington K, Duong L, Ko J, Gifford E, Polimanti R, Gaziano J, Aslan M, Helmer D, Hauser E. Association of deployment characteristics and exposures with persistent ill health among 1990-1991 Gulf War veterans in the VA Million Veteran Program. Environmental Health 2024, 23: 92. PMID: 39456027, PMCID: PMC11520114, DOI: 10.1186/s12940-024-01118-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMillion Veteran ProgramVA Million Veteran ProgramGulf War veteransIll healthHealth outcomesGulf War IllnessVeteran ProgramMilitary characteristicsWar veteransChronic ill healthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention criteriaGulf War serviceEvaluation of genetic factorsGulf War exposureVeterans' healthPopulation of U.S.Pyridostigmine bromide pillsHealthcare providersWartime exposuresGulf War deploymentResultsThe final cohortVeteran cohortDeployment exposuresHealth problemsVeterans
2010
Serum proteins and work habits in a group of farm-workers exposed to EBDCs
Polimanti R, Piacentini S, Barone M, Porreca F, Fuciarelli M. Serum proteins and work habits in a group of farm-workers exposed to EBDCs. Annals Of Human Biology 2010, 37: 440-450. PMID: 20377494, DOI: 10.3109/03014461003702195.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrinary concentrationsLifestyle habitsNon-exposed groupSerum proteinsStudy populationImmunological functionsUrine concentrationsImmune systemIndividual susceptibilityDrug metabolismSerum protein analysisETU levelsPesticide exposureEnvironmental factorsGC polymorphismsPossible linkAssociationExposureSubjectsGenetic componentHabitsPolymorphismGroupEthylenethiourea