Long-term health outcomes and medical effects of torture among US navy prisoners of war in Vietnam

JAMA

Volumn 276, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 375-381

  Nice, D Stephen ^a   Garland, Cedric F ^b   Hilton, Susan M ^a   Baggett, James C ^c   Mitchell, Robert E ^c  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Nav Aerosp/Oper Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAVY; PEPTIC ULCER; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; SPINE DISEASE; SURVIVAL; TORTURE; WAR;

EID: 0030037044     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.276.5.375     Document Type: Article

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