The Health of Former Prisoners of War: Results from the Medical Examination Survey of Former POWs of World War II and the Korean Conflict

Institute of Medicine

doi:10.17226/2036

Topics

Health and Medicine — Military and Veterans

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Institute of Medicine. 1992. The Health of Former Prisoners of War: Results from the Medical Examination Survey of Former POWs of World War II and the Korean Conflict. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/2036.

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176 pages | 6 x 9 | Paperback
ISBN: 978-0-309-04791-3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/2036

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-vi
Summary	1-11
1 Background	12-16
2 Data Collection Procedures	17-23
3 Final Status of Data Collection	24-32
4 General Results	33-42
5 Examination of Basic Research Questions	43-70
6 Further Analyses of Examination Data	71-84
7 Review of Data Quality and Study Findings	85-92
8 Literature Review and Further Discussion of Findings	93-125
9 Future Work	126-128
Appendix A: VA Circulars	129-148
Appendix B: List of Site Visits to VA Medical Facilities, with Map	149-150
Appendix C: Detailed Diagnostic Data from the Medical Examination	151-170

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