Latency and Exposure-Health Associations in Gulf War Veterans with Early Fatigue Onsets: A Case-control Study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 799-806

  Lucas, Katherine E ^a   Rowe, Peter C ^a   Armenian, Haroutune K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental Exposure; Fatigue; Military Personnel; Persian Gulf Syndrome; Pyridostigmine Bromide; Veterans

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MISSILE WOUND; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SMOKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VETERAN; WAR; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ODDS RATIO; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PYRIDOSTIGMINE BROMIDE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 34548591034     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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