Women in the Persian Gulf War: Health care implications for active duty troops and veterans

Military Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 656-660

  Murphy, Frances ^a   Browne, Doris ^b   Mather, Susan ^a   Scheele, Harriett ^b   Hyams, Kenneth C ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MILITARY MEDICINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WAR;

EID: 0030804150     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/162.10.656     Document Type: Article

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