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Appendix B Updated Mortality Study (Summary)
Pages 75-82

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... Keehn The mortality analysis reported in Possible Lona-Term Health Effects of Short-Term Exposure to Chemical Agents: Volume 1 was based on 12,195 chemical exposures reported by the Army, including 548 exposures to unclassifiable substances (chemicals of uncertain identity)
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From page 76...
... 8 , 656 9, 086 430 5.0 Total 20,851 22,305 1,454 7.0 a From initially reported numbers; unclassifiable chemical exposures decreased, and all other categories except analgesics increased.
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... 1,465 1,749 690 NI 1,901 NI NI 252 NI NI NI NI NI NI 507 570 83 NI 855 NI NI NI NI 103 958 1,179 607 NI 1,046 NI NI NI NI NI 106 NI 159 NI NI NI 1,719 NI 1,567 1,794 745 NI 2,125 NI NI 253 NI NI NI NI NI NI 496 1,071 544 1,250 92 653 NI NI 877 1,248 NI NI NI NI NI NI NI NI 184 NI 101 NI 160 NI NI NI 1,587 NI Total 6,620 4,102 2,518 6,620 4,041 2,579 a NI = test group not included in mortality study -77.
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... No. Deaths Chemical Subjects Observed Expected O/E Anticholinesterase only 496 20 28.9 0.69 Sarin only 135 9 10.0 0.90 VX only 290 11 15.7 0.70 Remainder of group 71 0 3.2 0.0 Anticholinergic only 544 21 17.0 1.24 BZ only 102 5 5.4 0.93 EA 3443 only 27 .
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  • standard mortality
  • previously reported
  • control chemical
  • total onlv
  • additional exposures

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  • involved equipment
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  • volunteer participation
  • lsd derivative

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  • anticholinergics decreased
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  • uncertain identity
  • except analgesics


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