Healthcare utilization and mortality among veterans of the Gulf War

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1468, 2006, Pages 553-569

  Gray, Gregory C ^a   Kang, Han K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf War Syndrome; Persian Gulf Syndrome; Veterans

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POST-WAR;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; VETERAN; WAR;

GULF WAR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; VETERANS;

EID: 33746459049     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1816     Document Type: Review

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