Consequences of captivity: Health effects of far East imprisonment in World War II

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-96

  Robson, D ^a   Welch, E ^a   Beeching, N J ^a   Gill, G V ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DILOXANIDE; IVERMECTIN; METRONIDAZOLE; QUININE; SULFONAMIDE;

AMEBIASIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BERIBERI; CHOLERA; CURETTAGE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYSENTERY; DYSPEPSIA; FAR EAST; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PEPTIC ULCER; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; SHIGELLOSIS; SKIN ULCER; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TRAUMATIC SHOCK; TROPICAL DISEASE; WAR;

EID: 58949099389     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcn137     Document Type: Review

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