Quality of life and health-services utilization in a population-based sample of military personnel reporting multiple chemical sensitivities

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 928-933

  Black, Donald W ^a   Doebbeling, Bradley N ^a,b   Voelker, Margaret D ^a   Clarke, William R ^a   Woolson, Robert F ^a   Barrett, Drue H ^c   Schwartz, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOLDIER; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IOWA; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; ODDS RATIO; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING STUDIES; VETERANS;

EID: 0032711452     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199910000-00014     Document Type: Article

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