Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 265-272.e1 , April 2010

Investigating the Risk of Cancer in 1990–1991 US Gulf War Veterans With the Use of State Cancer Registry Data

  • Heather A. Young, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, DC
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Heather A. Young, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, 2300 Eye Street, NW, Ross Hall 120, Washington, DC, 20037. Tel.: 202 994 6518; Fax: 202 994 0082.
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  • Jessica D. Maillard, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, Environmental Epidemiology Service, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Paul H. Levine, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Samuel J. Simmens, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, DC
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  • Clare M. Mahan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, DC
    • Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, Environmental Epidemiology Service, Washington, DC
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  • Han K. Kang, DRPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, DC
    • Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, Environmental Epidemiology Service, Washington, DC

Received 24 July 2009 ,Accepted 19 November 2009.

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 This work was supported by Merit Review funding awarded by the Office of Research and Development, Department of Veterans Affairs.

PII: S1047-2797(09)00371-8

doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.11.012

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 265-272.e1 , April 2010

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