Is there a Gulf War syndrome?

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9148, 1999, Pages 179-182

  Ismail, Khalida ^a   Everitt, Brian ^b   Blatchley, Nick ^c   Hull, Lisa ^a   Unwin, Catherine ^a   David, Anthony ^a   Wessely, Simon ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Office of National Statistics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOLDIER; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0033573789     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)11339-9     Document Type: Article

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