Unexplained Illnesses Among Desert Storm Veterans: A Search for Causes, Treatment, and Cooperation

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 262-268

  Blanck, Ronald R ^a   Hiatt, Joel ^b   Hyams, Kenneth C ^c   Kang, Han ^d   Mather, Susan ^d   Murphy, Frances ^d   Roswell, Robert ^e   Thacker, Stephen B ^f  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^e BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIBODY; BENZENE; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHOLINESTERASE; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; ISOCYANATE; OIL; ORGANIC SOLVENT; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDE; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; URANIUM; VACCINE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTHRALGIA; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIRTH DEFECT; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; FIRE; FUME; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GOVERNMENT; HEADACHE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFECTION; MYALGIA; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RASH; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SOLDIER; WAR;

DISEASE; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST; RISK FACTORS; THERAPEUTICS; VETERANS;

EID: 0028877507     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1995.00430030050005     Document Type: Article

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