On being a Gulf veteran: An anthropological perspective

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1468, 2006, Pages 697-706

  Kilshaw, Susie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Gulf War Syndrome; Somatization

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARMED FORCES; POST-WAR; SYMPTOM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VETERAN; WAR;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; GULF WAR; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; VETERANS;

EID: 33746401184     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1828     Document Type: Review

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