Prevalence of environmental and other military exposure concerns in operation enduring freedom and operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 659-664

  Quigley, Karen S ^a,b,c,d   McAndrew, Lisa M ^c,d   Almeida, Liliana ^c,h   D'Andrea, Elizabeth A ^e   Engel, Charles C ^f,g   Hamtil, Heather ^c,i   Ackerman, Adam J ^c  

^a Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial VA Hospital   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^h ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; DEFOLIANT AGENT; HERBICIDE; INSECT REPELLENT; NERVE GAS; PESTICIDE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; URANIUM;

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENT; BLAST INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; STRESS; SYMPTOM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BRAIN INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84862546562     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182570506     Document Type: Article

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