Pyridostigmine bromide and the long-term subjective health status of a sample of over 700 male reserve component Gulf War era veterans

Psychological Reports

Volumn 90, Issue 3 PART 1, 2002, Pages 707-721

  Schumm, Walter R ^a   Reppert, Earl J ^b   Jurich, Anthony P ^b   Bollman, Stephan R ^b   Webb, Farrell J ^b   Castelo, Carlos S ^b   Stever, James C ^b   Kaufman, Mark ^b   Deng, Liang Yu ^b   Krehbiel, Michelle ^b   Owens, Barbara L ^b   Hall, Carolyn A ^b   Cay Brown, Beverlyn F ^b   Lash, Jeanne F ^b   Fink, Carol J ^b   Crow, Janet R ^b   Bonjour, Gabriele N ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; SOMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME; VETERAN;

ADULT; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PYRIDOSTIGMINE BROMIDE; SOMAN; TIME; VETERANS;

EID: 0036598429     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2002.90.3.707     Document Type: Article

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