Chronic Fatigue in a Population-Based Study of Gulf War Veterans

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 340-348

  McCauley, Linda A ^a   Joos, Sandra K ^a   Barkhuizen, Andre ^b   Shuell, Tomas ^c   Tyree, Wesley A ^d   Bourdette, Dennis N ^e  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Concordia University–Portland ^*  (United States)

^d BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue syndrome; Diagnosis; Gulf war; Illness behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 0036664819     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890209601419     Document Type: Article

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