Long-term rheumatologic complications of sulfur mustard in victims of Sardasht, Iran

Toxin Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-38

  Shariat Panahi, Shamsa ^a   Ghazanfari, Tooba ^a   Yaraee, Roya ^a   Hassan, Zuhair Mohammad ^b   Soroush, Mohammad Reza ^c   Mahdavi, Mohammad Reza Vaez ^a   Foroutan, Abbas ^d   Ghasemi, Hassan ^a   Shams, Jalaleddin ^a   Pourfarzam, Shahryar ^a   Nadoushan, Mohammad Reza Jalali ^a   Fallahi, Faramarz ^a   Faghihzadeh, Soghrat ^b  

^a SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

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

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Autoimmunity; Chemical victims; Rheumatology; Sardasht Iran Cohort Study; Sulfur mustard

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; MUSTARD GAS;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; IRAN; JOINT DEGENERATION; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOGENIC PAIN; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINE DISEASE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 77149137364     PISSN: 15569543     EISSN: 15569551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15569540802689451     Document Type: Article

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