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Epidemiology in Military and Veteran Populations Proceedings of the Second Biennial Conference, March 7, 1990 (1991) / Chapter Skim
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From page 5...
... The heritability estimates produced are very much in line with similar, previous estimates, yet they have the additional feature that they are derived using multivariate statistical models as well as the usual univariate ones. It is the size of the twin panel as well as the availability of longitudinal covariate data (which are used to adjust the heritability estimates)
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From page 6...
... Studies of the rat population in the inner city of Baltimore have shown that these Seoul-like viruses are also common there, and studies of inner-city Baltimore residents done at Johns Hopkins Hospital found that they had a five-fold higher prevalence rate of seropositivity for this virus; the most common diagnosis among seropositives in the group was hypertensive renal disease. If past hantaan viral infection is associated with subsequent development of chronic renal disease, as the evidence in this paper suggests, then such illnesses represent a multi-million-dollar public health problem.
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From page 7...
... In contrast to the kinds of studies discussed earlier, wherein data from military or veteran populations are important because of their applicability to the general population, in this study the general population data are important because they pertain to a certain subset of military veterans. Notwithstanding the irony of this particular situation, the use of routinely gathered samples from the general population to study the effects of environmental exposures in a special subpopulation is commendable.
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From page 8...
... He further concludes that studies of radiation carcinogenesis in veterans are of strategic importance because very large populations must be studied over very long time intervals, and because the federal government has undertaken responsibility to compensate individuals for injuries from military service. Finally, although a panel discussion was held on opportunities for research in military and veteran populations, formal written presentations by the panel members were not submitted.
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