title: Assessment of the effects of atmospheric oil pollution in post war Kuwait.
abstract: A prospective study was undertaken to assess and monitor the effects of oil pollution in soldiers exposed in Kuwait in 1991 after Op Granby. One hundred and twenty five soldiers were monitored over a five month period by measurement of Forced Expiratory Volume (in one second) (FEV1) and Forced Vital Capacity (FVC). Although no demonstrable changes were observed, this study has gone some way to filling the gap in research in this environmentally sensitive field.
authors.affiliation: 39th Regiment Royal Artillery, British Forces Post Office 16.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Coombe
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Drysdale
mesh_terms: D000397:Air Pollution / Q000032:analysis*; D001272:Atmosphere; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D007219:Industrial Oils / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis*; D007730:Kuwait; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D010578:Petroleum / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012906:Smoke / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom; D014857:Warfare
chemical_list: D010578:Petroleum; D012906:Smoke