| Meloquine Use and Hospitalizations Among US Service Members, 2002-2004 |
12 APR 2005 |
21 pages |
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Timothy S. Wells; Tyler C. Smith; Besa Smith; Linda Z. Wang; Christian J. Hansen; Robert J. Reed; Wendy Goldfinger; Thomas E. Corbeil; Christiana N. Spooner; Margaret K. Ryan; NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
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 | The safety of mefloquine, a common antimalarial drug sold under the trade name Lariam, has not been well described in military populations. To use readily available electronic data to determine mefloquine prescriptions and disease outcomes, as measured by hospitalization, to study mefloquine safety among US service members from 2002 through 2004. Using an electronic pharmaceutical database, 8858 mefloquine-prescribed and deployed personnel were identified and compared with 2 reference groups. The ... |
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| Department of Defense Birth and Infant Health Registry: Annual Report on Birth Defects Among Infants Born to US Military Families, January 1, 1998 Through December 31, 1998 |
MAR 2005 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
Margaret A. Ryan; William K. Honner; Rosha A. Loach; Brianna Alexander; Seth A. Kaufman; Robert J. Reed; Tyler C. Smith; NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
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| The US Department of Defense (DoD) is challenged with monitoring and protecting the health and well-being of its service members. The growing number of women on active duty and the diverse hazardous exposures associated with military service make reproductive health issues a special concern. To address this concern, the DoD Birth and Infant Health Registry was established at the DoD Center for Deployment Health Research, located at the Naval Health ... |
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| Department of Defense Birth and Infant Health Registry: Annual Report on Birth Defects Among Infants Born to U.S. Military Families, January 1, 2000 Through December 31, 2000 |
MAR 2005 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
Margaret A. Ryan; William K. Honner; Cheryl M. Rudy-Goodness; Shirley C. Chow; Ava Marie S. Conlin; Robert J. Reed; Tyler C. Smith; Victor K. Stiegman; NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
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| The US Department of Defense (DoD) is challenged with monitoring and protecting the health and well-being of its service members. The growing number of women on active duty and the diverse hazardous exposures associated with military service make reproductive health issues a special concern. To address this concern, the DoD Birth and Infant Health Registry was established at the DoD Center for Deployment Health Research, located at the Naval Health ... |
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| A Comparison of the Post-Deployment Hospitalization Experience of US military Personnel Following Service in the 1991 Gulf War, Southwest Asia After the Gulf War, and Bosnia |
29 JUL 2004 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
Besa Smith; Tyler C. Smith; Margaret A. Ryan; Gregory C. Gray; NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
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| Much attention has been given to the impact of deployment upon the health of veterans from the first Gulf War. While differences in self-reported symptoms have been common, no specific exposures have been implicated. Some have suggested that stress from deployment is the chief cause for multi-symptom conditions among 1991 Gulf War veterans. We sought to examine the impact of large military deployments upon hospitalization experience. Hospitalization records from October ... |
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| In-Theater Hospitalizations of US and Allied Personnel During the Gulf War |
2004 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Tyler C. Smith; Thomas E. Corbeil; Margaret A. Ryan; Jack M. Heller; Gregory C. Gray; NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
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| The postwar morbidity of Gulf War veterans has been closely examined. However, data have not been available to evaluate morbidity suffered during the 1991 Gulf War. In this report, the authors examine archived records of hospitalizations in US military facilities in the Kuwait Theater of Operations. Using multivariable logistic regression modeling, the authors determined that service personnel at greatest odds for "in-theater" hospitalization were enlisted, female, white, Reservist, Army, and ... |
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| The Mental Health of US Military Women in Combat Support Occupations |
2004 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Krista E. Lindstrom; Tyler C. Smith; Timothy S. Wells; Linda Z. Wang; Besa Smith; Robert J. Reed; Wendy E. Goldfinger; Margaret A. K. Ryan; NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
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| The proportion of women in the military is increasing and they are being selected into jobs that are more combat-related. However, the mental health effects of working in combat support occupations among military women have not been previously evaluated. Active-duty enlisted Navy and Marine Corps women in combat support (N = 10,299) and non-combat support occupations (N = 63, 478) were followed for 2 years between January 1, 1994, and ... |
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| Department of Defense Birth Defects Registry Report for the Period: January 1, 1999 Through June 30, 1999 |
MAR 2000 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
Melody A. Pershyn-Kisor; Ruth A. Bush; Tyler C. Smith; William K. Honner; Gregory C. Gray; NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
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| Major birth defects occur in 3-5% of the population and are responsible for 21% of infant deaths in the United States. They have become the leading cause of infant mortality and are the sixth leading cause of potential life lost. Monitoring birth defects is essential and consistent with the military's desire to provide the best health care for families. As the proportion of women in ... |
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| Monitoring Anthrax Vaccine Safety in US Military Service Members on Active Duty: Surveillance of Hospitalizations in Temporal Association with Immunization 1998 |
2000 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
Paul A. Sato; Robert J. Reed; Tyler C. Smith; Linda Wang; NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
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| We studied military medical hospitalizations for possible temporal associations with anthrax immunization in U.S. military personnel on active duty in 1998. Anthrax immunization, demographic, and hospitalization data were linked and analyzed using Cox proportional hazards modeling for hospitalization within 42 days of an anthrax vaccine dose. Discharge diagnoses were aggregated into 14 International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) diagnostic categories. Approximately 11% of active-duty personnel received one ... |
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| Active Surveillance of Birth Defects Among US Department of Defense Beneficiaries: Report of a Feasibility Study |
05 JAN 1999 |
85 pages |
| Authors:
Ruth A. Bush; Tyler C. Smith; Donald E. Gee; William K. Honner; Oksana Lekarev; NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
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| Birth defects remain the leading cause of infant mortality in the United States and, to date, the Department of Defense (DoD) has no comprehensive monitoring program in place to track birth defects. Having completed a feasibility study on the construction of a birth defects registry in San Diego county, the Naval Health Research Center proposes a DoD-wide, hybrid surveillance system to track birth defects among military ... |
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