Historical approaches to post-combat disorders

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1468, 2006, Pages 533-542

  Jones, Edgar ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disordered action of the heart; Gulf War Syndrome; Post combat disorders; Post traumatic stress disorder; Shell shock

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE; MENTAL HEALTH; POST-WAR; SYMPTOM;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST;

ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MILITARY MEDICINE; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOLDIER;

COMBAT DISORDERS; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33746437668     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1814     Document Type: Review

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