A study of gulf war veterans with a possible deployment-related syndrome

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 271-278

  Levine, Paul H ^a   Richardson, Perry K ^a   Zolfaghari, Ladan ^a   Cleary, Sean D ^a   Geist, Craig E ^a   Potolicchio, Samuel ^a   Young, Heather A ^a   Simmens, Samuel J ^a   Schessel, David ^a   Williams, Kenneth ^a   Mahan, Clare M ^b   Kang, Han K ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blurred vision; Comorbidities; Exposures; Gulf War; Neurological syndrome; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Speech difficulties; Tremor; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISORDER; TREMOR; VETERAN; WAR;

EID: 35948944255     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: 21544700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.61.6.271-278     Document Type: Article

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