Gulf War syndrome - Has it gone away?

Advances in Psychiatric Treatment

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 414-422

  Tarn, Mark ^a   Greenberg, Neil ^a,b,c   Wessely, Simon ^c  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal Navy ^*

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; ANTHRAX VACCINE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; URANIUM;

ANTHRAX; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FUME; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IRAQ; KINESIOTHERAPY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MILITARY SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

EID: 58049092462     PISSN: 13555146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/apt.bp.107.004697     Document Type: Article

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