Chronic fatigue syndrome in male Gulf War veterans and civilians: A further test of the single syndrome hypothesis

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 529-536

  Ciccone, Donald S ^a,b   Weissman, Lois ^a   Natelson, Benjamin H ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Diagnosis; Fatigue; Medically unexplained illness; Veteran

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FIBROMYALGIA; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; VETERANS;

EID: 42149187643     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105308088525     Document Type: Article

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