Chronic multisymptom illness complex in Gulf War I veterans 10 years later

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 66-75

  Blanchard, Melvin S ^a,b   Eisen, Seth A ^a,b   Alpern, Renee ^c   Karlinsky, Joel ^d,e   Toomey, Rosemary ^d,f,g   Reda, Domenic J ^c   Murphy, Frances M ^h,i   Jackson, Leila W ^j   Kang, Han K ^k,l  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

ⁱ UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^j JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^k DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^l GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Gulf War; Metabolic syndrome X; Persian Gulf syndrome; Psychological; Quality of life; Risk factors; Stress; Veterans

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MIGRAINE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GULF WAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 29344474011     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj008     Document Type: Article

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