Is there a Persian Gulf War syndrome? Evidence from a large population-based survey of veterans and nondeployed controls

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 695-704

  Doebbeling, Bradley N ^a,b   Clarke, William R ^c   Watson, David ^d   Torner, James C ^b   Woolson, Robert F ^c   Voelker, Margaret D ^b   Barrett, Drue H ^e   Schwartz, David A ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d E11 SSH   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 0034659153     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(00)00405-8     Document Type: Article

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