Psychological differences between veterans with and without Gulf War unexplained symptoms

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 726-735

  Storzbach, Daniel ^a   Campbell, Keith A ^a   Binder, Laurence M ^b   McCauley, Linda ^a   Anger, W Kent ^a   Rohlman, Diane S ^a   Kovera, Craig A ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical evaluation; Health symptoms; Neurobehavioral assessment; Persian Gulf War; Psychological assessment; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYALGIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RASH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0033804237     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-200009000-00017     Document Type: Article

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