Health-related quality of life in Gulf War era military personnel

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 155, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 899-907

  Voelker, Margaret D ^a   Saag, Kenneth G ^b   Schwartz, David A ^c   Chrischilles, Elizabeth ^d   Clarke, William R ^d   Woolson, Robert F ^d   Doebbeling, Bradley N ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health status; Health surveys; Military personnel; Models, statistical; Persian Gulf syndrome; Quality of life; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; WAR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOLDIER;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; IOWA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037093022     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/155.10.899     Document Type: Article

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