Possibilities for unexplained chronic illnesses among reserve units deployed in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1147-1155

  Malone, John D ^a,b   Paige Dobson, Beverly ^a,c   Ohl, Christopher ^a,b   Digiovanni, Clete ^a,b   Cunnion, Stephen ^a,d   Roy, Michael J ^a,b  

^a National Naval Medical Center ^*

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Headquarters US Marine Corps   (United States)

^d Bureau of Medicine and Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEAR; HUMAN; IRAQ; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOLDIER; STRESS; WAR;

EID: 0030446906     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199612000-00003     Document Type: Article

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