Outraged, Coughlin demanded his name be removed as co-author of the study.

愤怒的考夫林要求删除他作为该研究的合著者的名字。

" The V.A. has a not-so-subtle conflict of interest, " Coughlin says, echoing a complaint I heard frequently.

“退伍军人协会有一个不太明显的利益冲突，” 他回应了我经常听到的一个抱怨。

When a defiant Coughlin included his findings anyway, he says, his supervisor edited out those sections.

他还表示，当不屈的考夫林还是把他的发现写进去时，他的主管就把这些部分剪辑掉了。

But Coughlin's V.A. supervisors ordered him to ignore that data, he said, and forbade him to publish any suggestions of links between burn pits and illness.

他说，但考夫林的兽医主管命令他忽略这些数据，并禁止他发表任何有关烧伤坑和疾病之间联系的建议。