Self-reported ill health in male UK Gulf War veterans: A retrospective cohort study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-10

  Simmons, Rebecca ^a   Maconochie, Noreen ^a   Doyle, Pat ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MOOD DISORDER; NIGHT SWEAT; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SOLDIER; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; WAR;

EID: 4544371901     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-4-27     Document Type: Article

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