Self-reported health of Persian Gulf War Veterans: A comparison of help-seeking and randomly ascertained cases

Military Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 747-752

  Hotopf, Matthew ^a   Hull, Lisa ^a   David, Anthony S ^a   Hyams, Kenneth C ^a   Unwin, Catherine ^a   Wessely, Simon C ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOLDIER; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036736493     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/167.9.747     Document Type: Article

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