Adverse health consequences of the Iraq War

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9870, 2013, Pages 949-958

  Levy, Barry S ^a   Sidel, Victor W ^b,c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDER; AXONAL INJURY; BATTLE INJURY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLAST INJURY; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FAMILY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; IRAQ; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOLDIER; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; VETERANS HEALTH; WAR;

EID: 84874968122     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60254-8     Document Type: Review

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