Chronic fatigue syndrome and related disorders in UK veterans of the Gulf War 1990-1991: Results from a two-phase cohort study

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 953-961

  Ismail, K ^a   Kent, K ^a   Sherwood, R ^b   Hull, L ^a   Seed, P ^a   David, A S ^a   Wessely, S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue syndrome; Fibromyalgia; Gulf War syndrome; Medically unexplained syndromes

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; SHORT FORM 36; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABLED PERSONS; FATIGUE; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VETERANS;

EID: 44449102169     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291707001560     Document Type: Article

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