Psychiatric disorder in veterans of the Persian Gulf War of 1991: Systematic review
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Pain in veterans of the Gulf War of 1991: a systematic review
BACKGROUND Veterans of the Persian Gulf War of 1991 have reported a range of adverse health symptoms. This systematic review aims to identify all studies that have compared the prevalence of symptoms of pain in veterans of the Gulf War to that in a non-Gulf military comparison group, and to determine whether Gulf War veterans are at increased risk of reporting pain. METHODS Studies published ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0007-1250
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.02-298