Enduring beliefs about effects of gassing in war: Qualitative study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 335, Issue 7633, 2007, Pages 1313-1315

  Jones, Edgar ^a   Palmer, Ian ^b   Wessely, Simon ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BULLET; DATA ANALYSIS; EYE; GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; VETERAN; WAR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GAS POISONING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; WORLD WAR I;

EID: 38049014505     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39420.533461.25     Document Type: Article

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