Chemical sensitivities and the Gulf War: Department of Veterans Affairs Research Center in basic and clinical science studies of environmental hazards

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 1 II, 1996, Pages

  Fiedler, Nancy ^a   Kipen, Howard ^a   Natelson, Benjamin ^b   Ottenweller, John ^b  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER;

COMORBIDITY; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029903626     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/rtph.1996.0089     Document Type: Article

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