Pyridostigmine bromide intake during the Persian Gulf War is not associated with postwar handgrip strength

Military Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 165-168

  Kaiser, Kevin S ^a   Hawksworth, Anthony W ^a   Gray, Gregory C ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; DYNAMOMETRY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; SEX; WAR;

EID: 0034020839     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/165.3.165     Document Type: Article

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