Pain in veterans of the Gulf War of 1991: A systematic review

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Thomas, Hollie V ^a   Stimpson, Nicola J ^a   Weightman, Alison ^a   Dunstan, Frank ^a   Lewis, Glyn ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; META ANALYSIS; MYALGIA; PAIN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX PAIN; VETERAN; WAR;

GULF WAR; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; VETERANS;

EID: 33749535210     PISSN: 14712474     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-7-74     Document Type: Article

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