Use of structural equation modeling to test the construct validity of a case definition of Gulf War syndrome: Invariance over developmental and validation samples, service branches and publicity

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 175-200

  Haley, Robert W ^a   Luk, Gordon D ^a,b   Petty, Frederick ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Case definition; Confirmatory factor analysis; Military personnel; Persian Gulf syndrome; Reproducibility of results; Structural equation modeling; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLDIER; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; VARIANCE;

ADULT; ATAXIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PAIN; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VERTIGO; VETERANS;

EID: 0035367015     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(01)00241-4     Document Type: Article

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