Odors and sounds as triggers for medically unexplained symptoms: A fixed-occasion diary study of Gulf War veterans

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 205-214

  Ferguson, Eamonn ^a   Cassaday, Helen J ^a   Bibby, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED SYMPTOM; ODOR; SOLDIER; SOUND; SOUND INTENSITY; SYMPTOM; WAR;

EID: 2942511248     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324796abm2703_8     Document Type: Article

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