Using the results from comprehensive medical examinations, this volume explores the prevalence of disease among former prisoners of war of World War II and the Korean conflict and the relationship between that prevalence and their decades-earlier treatment while in captivity.
By William Frank Page for the Medical Follow-up Agency, Institute of Medicine
1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1 Background; 4 2 Data Collection Procedures; 5 3 Final Status of Data Collection; 6 4 General Results; 7 5 Examination of Basic Research Questions; 8 6 Further Analyses of Examination Data; 9 7 Review of Data Quality and Study Findings; 10 8 Literature Review and Further Discussion of Findings; 11 9 Future Work; 12 Appendix A: VA Circulars; 13 Appendix B: List of Site Visits to VA Medical Facilities, with Map; 14 Appendix C: Detailed Diagnostic Data from the Medical Examination
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Institute of Medicine, and Families Board on Children, Youth, Steve Olson
Institute of Medicine, Board on the Health of Select Populations, and Transgender Health Issues and Research Gaps and Opportunities Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
Institute of Medicine, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Division of International Health
Institute of Medicine, Committee to Develop Methods Useful to the Department of Veteran Affairs in Estimating Its Physician Requirements, Joseph Lipscomb
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
Institute of Medicine, Medical Follow-up Agency, Committee on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Associated with Military Service from World War II to the Present, Jane S. Durch, Lois M. Joellenbeck, Larry E. Humes
National Research Council, Institute of Medicine, Board on Life Sciences, Medical Follow-up Agency, and Acquisition of Medical Countermeasures Against Biological Warfare Agents Committee on Accelerating the Research, Development, Leslie Z. Benet, Jane S. Durch, Lois M. Joellenbeck
Institute of Medicine, Medical Follow-up Agency, Committee on a Strategy for Minimizing the Impact of Naturally Occurring Infectious Diseases of Military Importance: Vaccine Issues in the U.S. Military, Heather C. O'Maonaigh, Salem Fisseha, Susan Thaul, Stanley M. Lemon
Institute of Medicine, Medical Follow-up Agency, Committee to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of the Anthrax Vaccine, Brian L. Strom, Jane S. Durch, Lee L. Zwanziger, Lois M. Joellenbeck
Institute of Medicine, Medical Follow-up Agency, Committee on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies: Assessment of Relevant Science, Laura Sivitz, Rick Erdtmann
Institute of Medicine, Medical Follow-up Agency, Committee on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies: Assessment of Relevant Science, Laura B. Sivitz, Rick Erdtmann