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1890488

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-10-15
pubmed:abstractText
The Department of Veterans Affairs previously conducted a proportionate mortality study of Army and Marine Vietnam-era veterans who died during 1965 through 1982. In the present study, 11,325 veterans who died during 1982 through 1984 and 50,743 veterans from the previous analysis made up the final sample of 62,068 veterans. When compared with all non-Vietnam veterans, Army Vietnam veterans had statistically significant excesses of deaths from external causes (proportionate mortality ratio [PMR] = 1.03), laryngeal cancer (PMR = 1.53), and lung cancer (PMR = 1.08). Marine Vietnam veterans had a significantly elevated PMR for external causes (PMR = 1.06) with a significant excess of homicide deaths (PMR = 1.16) when compared to all non-Vietnam veterans. The elevated PMRs for lung cancer and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma among Marine Vietnam veterans reported in the earlier VA study persisted when compared with Marine non-Vietnam veterans. However, it was found that these elevations probably were due to a deficit among the Marine non-Vietnam veterans rather than an excess among Marine Vietnam veterans.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0096-1736
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
780-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Mortality among Vietnam veterans: with methodological considerations.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Veterans Affairs, Environmental Epidemiology Service, Washington, DC 20006.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article