Defense Health Care: Efforts to Address Health Effects of the Kuwait Oil Well Fires
HRD-92-50
Published: Jan 09, 1992. Publicly Released: Mar 06, 1992.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Department of Defense's (DOD) efforts to safeguard the health of U.S. troops from the smoke, soot, and other residue of the Kuwait oil well fires set during the Persian Gulf War.
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