A case-control study of incident rheumatological conditions following acute gastroenteritis during military deployment

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  DeYoung, Kathryn H ^a,b   Riddle, Mark S ^c   May, Larissa ^b,d   Porter, Chad K ^c  

^a DENVER PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ANKLE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT; FOREARM; HAND; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; INCIDENCE; IRAQ; LOWER LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS; REITER SYNDROME; RISK; SELF REPORT; SHOULDER; SOLDIER; THIGH; VOMITING;

EID: 84890823875     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003801     Document Type: Article

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