Persistence of symptoms in Veterans of the first Gulf War: 5-year follow-up

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1553-1557

  Ozakinci, Gozde ^a   Hallman, William K ^b   Kipen, Howard M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf War illness; Medically unexplained symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; QUESTIONNAIRES; VETERANS;

EID: 33749453515     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9251     Document Type: Article

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