Long-term effects of sulfur mustard on civilians' mental health 20 years after exposure (The Sardasht-Iran Cohort Study)

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Roshan, Rasoul ^a   Rahnama, Parvin ^a   Ghazanfari, Zeinab ^b   Montazeri, Ali ^c   Soroush, Mohammad Reza ^d   Naghizadeh, Mohammad Mehdi ^e   Melyani, Mahdiyeh ^f   Tavoli, Azadeh ^f   Ghazanfari, Tooba ^a  

^a SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ILAM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

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

^e FASA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSTARD GAS;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GLOBAL SEVERITY INDEX; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARANOIA; PHOBIA; POSITIVE SYMPTOM DISTRESS INDEX; PSYCHOSIS; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; CHECKLIST; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; CONTROL GROUPS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSTARD GAS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 84876681773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-11-69     Document Type: Article

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