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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019

Rates of Chronic Medical Conditions in 1991 Gulf War Veterans Compared to the General Population.

Clara G Zundel, Maxine H Krengel, Timothy Heeren, Megan K Yee, Claudia M Grasso, Patricia A Janulewicz Lloyd, Steven S Coughlin, Kimberly Sullivan

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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56 citing papers in PubMed, 82 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Clara G ZundelResearch Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA. cgzundel@bu.edu.
Maxine H KrengelResearch Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA. mhk@bu.edu.
Timothy HeerenDepartment of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA. tch@bu.edu.
Megan K YeeResearch Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA. meganyee@bu.edu.
Claudia M GrassoResearch Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA. claudia.grasso@va.gov.
Patricia A Janulewicz LloydDepartment of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA. paj@bu.edu.
Steven S CoughlinDepartment of Population Health Sciences, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912, USA. scoughlin@augusta.edu.
Kimberly SullivanDepartment of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA. tty@bu.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-7940-6123
Boston University · USVA Boston Healthcare System · USAugusta University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prevalence of nine chronic medical conditions in the population-based Ft. Devens Cohort (FDC) of GW veterans were compared with the population-based 2013⁻2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) cohort. Excess prevalence was calculated as the difference in prevalence estimates from the Ft. Devens and NHANES cohorts; and confidence intervals and

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Gulf WarNutrition SurveysVeteransAdultChronic DiseaseFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPersian Gulf SyndromePrevalenceRisk FactorsSelf Reportchemical weaponschronic conditionsFort Devens CohortGulf WarGulf War IllnessNHANESpyridostigmine bromideveterans

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PMID30884809
PMCPMC6466358
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