Late prevalence of respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function abnormalities in Gulf War I veterans

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 2488-2491

  Karlinsky, Joel B ^a,g   Blanchard, Melvin ^b,c   Alpern, Renee ^d   Eisen, Seih A ^b,c   Kang, Han ^e   Murphy, Frances M ^f   Reda, Domenic J ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Vet Aff Coop Studs Prog C C   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^g VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SELF REPORT; SMALL AIRWAY DISEASE; SMOKING; SOLDIER; WAR; WHEEZING;

ADULT; FEMALE; GULF WAR; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 10444230448     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.22.2488     Document Type: Article

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