Gulf war Illness: Symptomatology among veterans 10 years after deployment

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 104-110

  Smith, Brian N ^a,b   Wang, Joyce M ^a   Vogt, Dawne ^a,b   Vickers, Kristin ^c   King, Daniel W ^a,b   King, Lynda A ^a,b  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; COGNITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYALGIA; RIGIDITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); COGNITION DISORDERS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GULF WAR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84873085326     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318270d709     Document Type: Article

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