Mortality among U.S. veterans of the Persian Gulf War

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 335, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 1498-1504

  Kang, Han K ^a   Bullman, Tim A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 0029961292     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199611143352006     Document Type: Article

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