Spouses of Persian Gulf War I veterans: Medical evaluation of a U.S. cohort

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 613-618

  Eisen, Seth A ^a,b   Karlinsky, Joel ^a,c   Jackson, Leila W ^d   Blanchard, Melvin ^a,b   Kang, Han K ^d   Murphy, Frances M ^a   Alpern, Renee ^e   Reda, Domenic J ^e   Toomey, Rosemary ^a,f,g   Battistone, Michael J ^a,h   Parks, Becky J ^a,b   Klimas, Nancy ^i,j   Pak, Hon S ^k   Hunter, Joyce ^a   Lyons, Michael J ^a,l,m   Henderson, William G ^e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^e HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; SKIN DISEASE; SPOUSE; VETERAN;

EID: 33745944175     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.7.613     Document Type: Article

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