Chemical sensitivity and Gulf War veterans' illnesses

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 587-599

  Proctor, Susan P ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VETERAN;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; RISK FACTORS; VETERANS;

EID: 0005625042     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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