Musculoskeletal complaints in persian Gulf War veterans

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 181-185

  Erickson, Alan R ^a,b   Enzenauer, Raymond J ^a   Bray, Vance J ^a   West, Sterling G ^a  

^a FITZSIMONS ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EISENHOWER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Persian Gulf; War

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURSITIS; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SOLDIER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TENDINITIS;

EID: 0031657087     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124743-199808000-00005     Document Type: Article

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