Self-reported postwar injuries among Gulf War veterans

Craig Zwerling; James C Torner; William R Clarke; Margaret D Voelker; Bradley N Doebbeling; Drue H Barrett; James A Merchant; Robert F Woolson; David A Schwartz

doi:10.1093/phr/115.4.346

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Self-reported postwar injuries among Gulf War veterans

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Self-reported postwar injuries among Gulf War veterans

Craig Zwerling, James C Torner, William R Clarke, Margaret D Voelker, Bradley N Doebbeling, Drue H Barrett, James A Merchant, Robert F Woolson and David A Schwartz

Public health reports (1974), Vol.115(4), pp.346-349

2000

DOI: 10.1093/phr/115.4.346

PMCID: PMC1308575

PMID: 11059428

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Abstract

Objective. From September 1995 to May 1996, the authors conducted a telephone survey of Iowa military personnel who had served in the regular military or activated National Guard or Reserve during the Gulf War period. To assess the association between military service in a combat zone and subsequent traumatic injury requiring medical consultation, the authors analyzed veterans' interview responses. Methods. Using data from the larger survey, the authors compared rates of self-reported postwar injuries requiring medical consultation in a sample of Iowa Gulf War veterans to the rates in a sample of Iowa military personnel who served at the same time, but not in the Persian Gulf. Results. Of 3695 veterans, 605 (16%) reported a traumatic injury in the previous three months requiring medical consultation. Self-reported injuries were associated with service in the Persian Gulf (odds ratio 1.26; 95% confidence interval 1.02, 1.55). Conclusion. This finding is consistent with the results of earlier studies of traumatic injury mortality rates among war veterans.

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Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents

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Title: Subtitle: Self-reported postwar injuries among Gulf War veterans
Creators: Craig Zwerling - College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States
James C Torner - College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States
William R Clarke - College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States
Margaret D Voelker - College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States
Bradley N Doebbeling - Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States
Drue H Barrett - Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States
James A Merchant - College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States
Robert F Woolson - College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States
David A Schwartz - Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Public health reports (1974), Vol.115(4), pp.346-349
DOI: 10.1093/phr/115.4.346
PMID: 11059428
PMCID: PMC1308575
NLM abbreviation: Public Health Rep
ISSN: 0033-3549
eISSN: 1468-2877
Publisher: Association of Schools of Public Health
Language: English
Date published: 2000
Academic Unit: Statistics and Actuarial Science; Occupational and Environmental Health; Epidemiology; Biostatistics; Surgery; Injury Prevention Research Center; Neurosurgery
Record Identifier: 9984214846402771

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