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Title: Patient activism and the struggle for diagnosis: Gulf War illnesses and other medically unexplained physical symptoms in the US
Author: Zavestoski, Stephen; Brown, Phil; McCormick, Sabrina
Abstract:
We examine Gulf War illnesses--which include the fatigue, joint pain, dermatitis, headaches, memory loss, blurred vision, diarrhea, and other symptoms reported by Gulf War veterans--in relation to other medically unexplained physical symptoms such as mult
Journal: Social Science & Medicine, Vol 58(1), Jan 2004: 161-175