Searching for a Gulf War syndrome using cluster analysis

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1371-1378

  Everitt, B ^a   Ismail, K ^a   David, A S ^a   Wessely, S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOLDIER; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM;

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; WAR;

EID: 0036853660     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291702006311     Document Type: Article

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