Spouses of Persian Gulf War I Veterans: Medical Evaluation of a U.S. Cohort
| Autor: | Han K. Kang, Seth A. Eisen, Michael J. Battistone, Nancy G. Klimas, Leila W. Jackson, Melvin Blanchard, Renee Alpern, Hon S. Pak, William G. Henderson, Michael J. Lyons, Joel B. Karlinsky, Frances M. Murphy, Rosemary Toomey, Becky J. Parks, Joyce Hunter, Domenic J. Reda |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Male Gerontology medicine.medical_specialty Cross-sectional study Gulf war Military medicine Cohort Studies Prevalence Humans Medicine Military Medicine Spouses Veterans Persian business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine Health Surveys United States humanities language.human_language Gulf War Cross-Sectional Studies Cohort language Female business Demography Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Military Medicine. 171:613-618 |
| ISSN: | 1930-613X 0026-4075 |
| DOI: | 10.7205/milmed.171.7.613 |
| Popis: | Ten years after the 1991 Persian Gulf War (GW I), a comprehensive evaluation of a national cohort of deployed veterans (DV) demonstrated a higher prevalence of several medical conditions, in comparison to a similarly identified cohort of nondeployed veterans (NDV). The present study determined the prevalence of medical conditions among nonveteran spouses of these GW I DV and NDV. A cohort of 490 spouses of GW I DV and 537 spouses of GW I NDV underwent comprehensive face-to-face examinations. No significant differences in health were detected except that spouses of DV were less likely to have one or more of a group of six common skin conditions. We conclude that, 10 years after GW I, the general physical health of spouses of GW I DV is similar to that of spouses of NDV. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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