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Patricia Gucer
Researcher at University of Maryland, Baltimore
Publications - 32
Citations - 1000
Patricia Gucer is an academic researcher from University of Maryland, Baltimore. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Workers' compensation. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 31 publications receiving 909 citations. Previous affiliations of Patricia Gucer include University of Maryland, College Park & United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
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The impact of occupational injury on injured worker and family: outcomes of upper extremity cumulative trauma disorders in Maryland workers.
TL;DR: Work-related UECTDs result in persisting symptoms and difficulty in performing simple activities of daily living, impacting home life even more than work, and health, functional and family outcomes are assessed.
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Health effects of depleted uranium on exposed Gulf War veterans: a 10-year follow-up.
Melissa A. McDiarmid,Susan M. Engelhardt,Marc Oliver,Patricia Gucer,P. David Wilson,Robert L. Kane,Michael Kabat,Bruce Kaup,Larry D. Anderson,Dennis Hoover,Lawrence Brown,Barry S. Handwerger,Richard J. Albertini,David Jacobson-Kram,Craig D. Thorne,Katherine Squibb +15 more
TL;DR: Medical surveillance of a group of U.S. Gulf War veterans who were victims of depleted uranium (DU) “friendly fire” reveals a persistent elevation of urine uranium, more than 10 yr after exposure, in those veterans with retained shrapnel fragments.
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Surveillance of depleted uranium exposed Gulf War veterans: health effects observed in an enlarged "friendly fire" cohort.
Melissa A. McDiarmid,Katherine Squibb,Susan M. Engelhardt,Marc Oliver,Patricia Gucer,P. David Wilson,Robert L. Kane,Michael Kabat,Bruce Kaup,Larry D. Anderson,Dennis Hoover,Lawrence Brown,David Jacobson-Kram +12 more
TL;DR: Observed health effects were related to subtle but biologically plausible perturbations in central nervous system function and a general measure of mutagen exposure, related to uranium’s chemical rather than radiologic toxicity.
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Surveillance Results of Depleted Uranium–Exposed Gulf War I Veterans: Sixteen Years of Follow-Up
Melissa A. McDiarmid,Sm M. Engelhardt,Cd D. Dorsey,Marc Oliver,Patricia Gucer,Pd D. Wilson,Robert L. Kane,A. Cernich,Bruce Kaup,Larry D. Anderson,Dennis Hoover,Lawrence Brown,Richard J. Albertini,R. Gudi,Ks S. Squibb +14 more
TL;DR: Although subtle trends emerge in renal proximal tubular function and bone formation, the cohort exhibits few clinically significant U-related health effects, this cohort continues to excrete elevated concentrations of urine U as a function of DU shrapnel burden.
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Biological monitoring and surveillance results of Gulf War I veterans exposed to depleted uranium
Melissa A. McDiarmid,Susan M. Engelhardt,Marc Oliver,Patricia Gucer,P. David Wilson,Robert L. Kane,Robert L. Kane,Michael Kabat,Michael Kabat,Bruce Kaup,Bruce Kaup,Larry D. Anderson,Dennis Hoover,Lawrence Brown,Lawrence Brown,Richard J. Albertini,Rama Gudi,David Jacobson-Kram,Craig D. Thorne,Katherine Squibb +19 more
TL;DR: Persistent urine uranium elevations continue to be observed more than 12 years since first exposure, an important finding in light of the on-going controversy regarding health effects observed in soldiers of the Gulf War and other conflicts, whose uranium exposure assessment is unable to be accurately determined.