Rheumatic findings in Gulf War veterans

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 367-371

  Grady, Eugene P ^a,c   Carpenter, Matthew T ^a,d   Koenig, Christopher D ^b,e   Older, Steven A ^b   Battafarano, Daniel F ^b  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d KEESLER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GOUT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOLDIER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIAN OCEAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 0032559598     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.4.367     Document Type: Article

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