Invited Perspective: Causal Implications of Gene by Environment Studies Applied to Gulf War Illness

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Environmental Health and Epidemiology, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Comment

Marc G Weisskopf et al. Environ Health Perspect. 2022 May.

. 2022 May;130(5):51301.

doi: 10.1289/EHP11057. Epub 2022 May 11.

¹ Departments of Environmental Health and Epidemiology, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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Evaluation of a Gene-Environment Interaction of PON1 and Low-Level Nerve Agent Exposure with Gulf War Illness: A Prevalence Case-Control Study Drawn from the U.S. Military Health Survey's National Population Sample.
Haley RW, Kramer G, Xiao J, Dever JA, Teiber JF. Haley RW, et al. Environ Health Perspect. 2022 May;130(5):57001. doi: 10.1289/EHP9009. Epub 2022 May 11. Environ Health Perspect. 2022. PMID: 35543525 Free PMC article.

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