Self-reported traumatic brain injury, health and rate of chronic multisymptom illness in veterans from the 1990-1991 gulf war

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 320-328

  Yee, Megan K ^a,b   Seichepine, Daniel R ^c   Janulewicz, Patricia A ^b   Sullivan, Kimberly A ^b   Proctor, Susan P ^a,b,d   Krengel, Maxine H ^a,e  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic multisymptom illness; Gulf War; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC MULTISYMPTOM ILLNESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; SYMPTOM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VETERAN; VETERANS HEALTH; WAR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; MIDDLE AGED;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES, TRAUMATIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GULF WAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; VETERANS;

EID: 84944348346     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: 1550509X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000173     Document Type: Article

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