Quality of life in chemical warfare survivors with ophthalmologic injuries: The first results form Iran Chemical Warfare Victims Health Assessment Study

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Mousavi, Batool ^a   Soroush, Mohammad Reza ^a   Montazeri, Ali ^b  

^a JANBAZAN MEDICAL AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER JMERC   (Iran)

^b AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSTARD GAS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE INJURY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; SURVIVOR; VICTIM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; AGED; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRAN; IRAQ; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MUSTARD GAS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVORS; VETERANS; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61649116953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-7-2     Document Type: Article

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