Journal of the American Medical Association

by American Medical Association

1922

Includes proceedings of the Association, papers read at the annual sessions, and list of current medical literature.

The Five Series Study

by Institute of Medicine, Medical Follow-up Agency, Committee to Study the Mortality of Military Personnel Present at Atmospheric Tests of Nuclear Weapons, Heather O'Maonaigh, Harriet Crawford, William F. Page, Susan Thaul

2000 · National Academies Press

More than 200,000 U.S. military personnel participated in atmospheric nuclear weapons tests between 1945 and the 1963 Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Questions persist, such as whether that test participation is associated with the timing and causes of death among those individuals. This is the report of a mortality study of the approximately 70,000 soldiers, sailors, and airmen who participated in at least one of five selected U.S. nuclear weapons test series1 in the 1950s and nearly 65,000 comparable nonparticipants, the referents. The investigation described in this report, based on more than 5 million person-years of mortality follow-up, represents one of the largest cohort studies of military veterans ever conducted.

Epidemiology in Military and Veteran Populations

by Institute of Medicine, Medical Follow-Up Agency

1991 · National Academies Press

This book contains papers presented at a conference which describe studies of a World War II hepatitis epidemic, a genetic analysis of substance use in veteran twins, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, the psychological effects of military captivity, and dioxin in adipose tissue. Other papers discuss radiation risk studies in military populations and resources for epidemiologic research in Vietnam-era veterans. This volume should be of interest to epidemiologists, medical researchers, and others interested in public health.