Friendly fire: The construction of Gulf War Syndrome narratives

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-160

  Kilshaw, Susie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLDIER; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 3142523262     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470410001678659     Document Type: Conference Paper

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