Health and exposure concerns of veterans deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 475-480

  Helmer, Drew A ^a,b,e   Rossignol, Marycarol ^a,c   Blatt, Melissa ^a   Agarwal, Ritu ^a   Teichman, Ronald ^a,d   Lange, Gudrun ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Teichman Occupational Health Associates   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URANIUM;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SMOKE; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VACCINATION; VETERAN; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; IRAQ; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEW JERSEY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VETERANS;

EID: 34248402456     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318042d682     Document Type: Article

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