Health effects in Army Gulf War veterans possibly exposed to chemical munitions destruction at Khamisiyah, Iraq: Part II. Morbidity associated with notification of potential exposure

Military Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 945-951

  Page, William F ^a   Mahan, Clare M ^b   Kang, Han K ^c   Bullman, Tim A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT;

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BED; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SELF REPORT; SOLDIER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 27744507758     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.170.11.945     Document Type: Article

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