Self-reported illness and health status among Gulf War veterans: A population-based study

JAMA

Volumn 277, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 238-245

  Schwartz, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 0031012532     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.277.3.238     Document Type: Article

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