Self-reported exposures and their association with unexplained illness in a population-based case-control study of Gulf War Veterans

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1041-1056

  Spencer, Peter S ^a,c   McCauley, Linda A ^a   Lapidus, Jodi A ^b   Lasarev, Michael ^a   Joos, Sandra K ^c   Storzbach, Daniel ^a  

^a Ctr Res Occup Environ Toxicol   (United States)

^b Public Health and Preventive Medicine

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT; INSECTICIDE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; WAR;

EID: 0035211077     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-200112000-00006     Document Type: Article

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