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Appendix C Interpretability of the Follow-up Questionnaire Data
Appendix C Interpretability of the Follow-up Questionnaire Data
Pages 83-86
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The resulting questionnaire was a compromise agreed on by the five panels and the National Research Council Committee on Use of Human Subjects. Several subjects of concern were not included in the final questionnaire, such as probes for specific symptoms, suicide attempts, diseases, treatments, behaviors, detailed history of later job-related exposure, accidents, and spontaneous abortions.
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In addition, as in any cohort study, there was no control of the subjects' environments after discharge from the service, so even legitimate complaints associated with exposure to toxic substances could have been due to occupational or accidental exposure to chemical agents, rather than to exposure at Edgewood. SUMMARY Some caution must be exercised in viewing the data obtained from the questionnaire.
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No major identifiable effects are observable in these data. However, the limited information available from the follow-up on these soldiers does not permit definitive conclusions regarding the nature and extent of possible long-term problems resulting from chemical exposure at Edgewood.
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