Risk and the social construction of 'Gulf War Syndrome'

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1468, 2006, Pages 689-695

  Durodié, Bill ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gulf; Health; Illness; Risk; Syndrome; War

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; POST-WAR;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HISTORY; HUMAN; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOLDIER; TIME;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; POLITICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746402525     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1827     Document Type: Review

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