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Publications List by Title
This is a list of publications from the Epidemiology Program. Publications are listed by title chronologically within each topic. View these citations in NEJM format (author listed first.)
There is a link to the abstract for a publication when available.
- Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom Veterans
- Gulf War Veterans
- Vietnam Veterans
- Women Vietnam Veterans
- Suicide risk
- Radiation exposure
- Mustard gas exposure
- Methodology, summary, or other
Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom Veterans
- Prevalence of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Among Veterans and Nonveterans.
Goldstein, LA, Bernhard, PA, Hoffmire, CA, Schneiderman, A, Maguen, S.
Am J Health Promot 2024.
- Examining differences in mental health and mental health service use among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and heterosexual Veterans.
Harper, KL, Blosnich, JR, Livingston, N, Vogt, D, Bernhard, PA, Hoffmire, CA, Maguen, S, Schneiderman, A.
Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity 2024.
- Prevalence and Correlates of Food and/or Housing Instability among Men and Women Post-9/11 US Veterans.
Cypel YS, Maguen S, Bernhard PA, Culpepper WJ, Schneiderman.
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2024.
- Which veterans with PTSD are most likely to report being told of their diagnosis?
Holder, N, Ranney, RM, Bernhard, PA, Holliday, R, Vogt, D, Hoffmire, CA, Blosnich, JR, Schneiderman, AI, Maguen, S.
Journal of Psychiatric Research 2024; 170, 158-166.
- Development and validation of a brief warfare exposure measure among U.S. Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans: The Deployment Risk and Resilience Inventory-2 Warfare Exposure-Short Form (DRRI-2 WE-SF).
Bovin MJ, Schneiderman A, Bernhard PA, Maguen S, Hoffmire CA, Blosnich JR, Smith BN, Kulka R, Vogt D.
Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy 2023; 15:1248-1258.
- Alcohol use and treatment utilization in national sample of Veterans and nonveterans.
Ranney, RM, Bernhard, PA, Vogt, D, Blosnich, JR, Hoffmire, C, Cypel, Y, Schneiderman, AI, Maguen, S.
J Subst Use Addict Treat 2023.
- Treatment utilization for PTSD in a national sample of veterans and nonveterans.
Ranney, RM, Maguen, S, Bernhard, PA, Holder, N, Vogt, D, Blosnich, JR, & Schneiderman, AI.
Med Care 2023; 61: 87-94.
- Relationship of social determinants of health with symptom severity among Veterans and non-Veterans with probable posttraumatic stress disorder or depression.
Holder N, Holliday R, Ranney RM, Bernhard PA, Vogt D, ·Hoffmire CA, Blosnich JR, Schneiderman AI, Maguen S.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2023.
- Physical health of Post-9/11 U.S. Military veterans in the context of Healthy People 2020 targeted topic areas: Results from the Comparative Health Assessment Interview Research Study.
Cypel YS, Vogt D, Maguen S, Bernhard P, Lowery E, Culpepper WJ, Armand-Gibbs I, Schneiderman AI.
Prev Med Rep 2023.
- Psychosocial outcomes among Veteran and non-Veteran survivors of sexual assault.
Holder N, Maguen S, Holliday R, Vogt D, Bernhard PA, Hoffmire CA, Blosnich JR, Schneiderman AI.
J Interpers Violence 2022.
- A cross-sectional cohort study to assess long-term neurocognitive and psychiatric symptoms of mefloquine use in Veterans.
Reinhard MJ, Chester JE, Breneman CB, Samuel IBH, Prisco MK, Vincent TD, Rumm PD, Smith SR, Barrett JP.
Mil Med 2022. - Cause-Specific Mortality Risks Through 2016, Among U.S. Veterans of the Southwest Asia Theater.
Bullman T, Schneiderman A.
J Mil Veterans Health 2021; 52-56. - Associations between use of antimalarial medications and health among U.S. Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Schneiderman AI, Cypel YS, Dursa EK, Bossarte R.
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2018. - Health-related quality of life among United States Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom - Results from a population-based study.
Santana MVD, Eber S, Barth S, Cypel Y, Dursa E, Schneiderman. A.
Mil Med 2017; 182: e1885-e1891. - Diagnosing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans: Veterans Affairs concordance with clinical guidelines for spirometry administration.
Schneiderman AI, Dougherty DD, Fonseca VP, Wolters CL, Bossarte RM, Arjomandi M.
Mil Med 2017; 182: e-1993-e2000. - Prospective post-traumatic stress disorder symptom trajectories in active duty and separated military personnel.
Porter B, Bonanno GA, Frasco MA, Dursa EK, Boyko EJ.
J Psychiatr Res 2017; 89:55-64. - Deployment and adverse pregnancy outcomes: Primary findings and methodological considerations.
Katon J, Cypel Y, Raza M, Zephyrin L, Reiber G, Yano EM, Barth S, Schneiderman A.
Matern Child Health J 2017; 21: 376-386. - Demographic, military, and health characteristics of VA health care users and nonusers who served in or during Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2009-2011.
Dursa EK, Barth SK, Bossarte RM, Schneiderman AI.
Public Health Rep 2016; 131:839-843. - Lifetime prevalence of respiratory diseases and exposures among Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans: Results from the National Health Study for a New Generation of U.S. Veterans.
Barth SK, Dursa EK, Bossarte RM, Schneiderman AI.
J Occup Environ Med 2016; 58: 1175-1180. - Cigarette smoking and sociodemographic, military, and health characteristics of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans: 2009-2011 National Health Study for a New Generation of US Veterans.
Cypel YS, Hamlett-Berry K, Barth SK, Christofferson DE, Davey VJ, Eber S, Schneiderman AI, Bossarte RM.
Public Health Rep 2016; 131: 714-727. - Risk of motor vehicle accident death among 1.3 million Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Bullman TA, Kang HK, Smolenski DJ, Skopp NA, Gahm GA, Reger MA.
Traffic Inj Prev 2016. - Findings From the Department of Veterans Affairs Qarmat Ali Medical Surveillance Program.
Ciminera P, Superior MJ, Bullman T.
Mil Med 2016; 181: 307-310. - Military sexual trauma among recent Veterans: Correlates of sexual assault and sexual harassment.
Barth SK, Kimerling RE, Pavao J, McCutcheon SJ, Batten SV, Dursa E, Peterson MR, Schneiderman AI.
Am J Prev Med 2016; 50: 77-86. - Health care utilization behavior of Veterans who deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq.
Lee S, Fonseca VP, Wolters CL, Dougherty DD, Peterson MR, Schneiderman AI, Ishii EK.
Mil Med 2015;180: 374-379. - Health care use among Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans with infectious diseases.
Dougherty DD, Lee S, Fonseca VP, Wolters CL, Schneiderman AI, Peterson MR, Ishii EK.
Fed Pract 2015; 32: 36-41. - CAM utilization among OEF/OIF Veterans: Findings from the National Health Study for a New Generation of US Veterans.
Reinhard MJ, Nassif TH, Bloeser, K, Dursa EK, Barth SK, Benetato B, Schneiderman A.
Med Care 2014;52 (suppl 5):45-49. - Prevalence of a positive screen for PTSD among OEF/OIF and OEF/OIF-era Veterans in a large population-based cohort.
Dursa EK, Reinhard MJ, Barth SK, Schneiderman AI.
J Trauma Stress 2014; 27: 542-549. - Self-reported infertility among male and female Veterans serving during Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Katon J, Cypel Y, Raza M, Zephyrin L, Reiber G, Yano EM, Barth S, Schneiderman A.
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 2014; 23: 175-183. - Prevalence of respiratory diseases among veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom: Results from the National Health Study for a New Generation of U.S. Veterans.
Barth SK, Dursa EK, Peterson MR, Schneiderman A.
Mil Med 2014; 179: 241-245. - Adjustments for misclassification of deployment status in a population based health study of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans.
Yoon, FB, Jang D, Sukasih A, Kress AM, Barth SK, Mahan CM, Coughlin SS, Dursa EK, and Schneiderman AI.
In JSM Proceedings, Mental Health Statistics Section. 2013. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association. 1996-2008. - The National Health Study for a New Generation of United States Veterans: Methods for a large-scale study on the health of recent Veterans.
Eber S, Barth S, Kang H, Mahan C, Dursa E, Schneiderman A.
Mil Med 2013; 178: 966-969. - Project VALOR: Design and methods of a longitudinal registry of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in combat-exposed Veterans in the Afghanistan and Iraqi military theaters of operations.
Rosen RC, Marx BP, Maserejian NN, Holowka DW, Gates MA, Sleeper LA, Vasterling JJ, Kang HK, Keane TM.
Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 2012; 21: 5-16. - The effectiveness of a monetary incentive on response rates in a survey of recent U.S. Veterans.
Coughlin S, Aliaga P, Barth S, Eber S, Maillard J, Mahan C, Kang H, Schneiderman A, DeBakey S, Vanderwolf P, Williams M.
Survey Practice 2011. - Understanding sequelae of injury mechanisms and mild traumatic brain injury incurred during the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan: Persistent postconcussive symptoms and posttraumatic stress disorder.
Schneiderman AI, Braver ER, Kang HK.
Am J Epidemiol 2008;167:1446-1452. - Mental health care needs among recent war Veterans.
Kang HK, Hyams KC.
N Engl J Med 2005;352:1289.
Gulf War Veterans
- Comparison of Health Outcomes Over Time Among Women 1990-1991 Gulf War Veterans, Women 1990-1991 Gulf Era Veterans, and Women in the U.S. General Population.
Dursa EK, Cao G, Culpepper WJ, Schneiderman A.
Womens Health Issues 2023. - Cause-specific mortality risks among U.S. veterans: 25 years after their service in the 1990–1991 Gulf War.
Bullman, T, Schneiderman A, Dursa E.
Ann Epidemiol 2021; 57:1-6. - The association of pre-war medical conditions to Gulf War illness.
Barth S, Innes K, Dursa E, Bossarte M.
Life Sci 2021; 282. - The health of Gulf War and Gulf Era Veterans over time: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Gulf War Longitudinal Study.
Dursa E, Cao G, Porter B, Culpepper W, Schneiderman A.
J Occup Environ Med 2021; 63:889-894. - Gulf War illness in the Gulf War Era Cohort and Biorepository: The Kansas and Centers for Disease Control definitions
Gifford E, Vahey J, Hauser E, Sims K, Efird J, Dursa E, Steele L, Helmer D, Provenzale D.
Life Sci 2021; 278. - Respiratory illness among Gulf War and Gulf War era Veterans who use the Department of Veterans Affairs for healthcare
Dursa EK, Tadesse BE, Carter CE, Culpepper WJ, Schneiderman, AI, Rumm PD.
Am J Ind Med 2020; 63: 980-987. - Health Status of Female and Male Gulf War and Gulf Era Veterans: A Population-Based Study.
Dursa EK, Barth SK, Porter BW, Schneiderman AI.
Womens Health Issues 2019; Suppl 1: S39-46. - Gulf War Illness in the 1991 Gulf War and Gulf Era Veteran population: An application of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kansas case definitions to historical data.
Dursa E, Barth S, Porter B, Schneiderman A.
J Mil Veterans Health 2018; 26: 43-50. - The Gulf War Era Cohort and Biorepository: A Longitudinal Research Resource of Veterans of the 1990-1991 Gulf War Era.
Khalil L, McNeil RB, Sims KJ, Felder KA, Hauser ER, Goldstein KM, Voils CI, Klimas NG, Brophy MT, Thomas CM, Whitley RL, Dursa EK, Helmer DA, Provenzale DT.
Am J Epidemiol 2018. - Health Status of Gulf War and Era Veterans Serving in the US Military in 2000.
Porter B, Long K, Rull RP, Dursa EK, Millennium Cohort Study Team.
J Occup Environ Med. 2018; 60: e261-e267. - Trends in brain cancer mortality among U.S. Gulf War Veterans: 21 year follow-up
Barth SK, Dursa EK, Bossarte RM, Schneiderman AI.
Cancer Epidemiol 2017; 50 (Pt A): 22-29. - All-cause mortality among US Veterans of the Persian Gulf War: 13-year follow-up
Barth SK, Kang HK, Bullman T.
Public Health Rep 2016; 131:822-830. - Physical and mental health status of Gulf War and Gulf era Veterans: Results from a large population-based epidemiological study. [Reply to letter of Coughlin S] .
Dursa EK, Barth SK, Schneiderman AI, Bossarte RM.
J Occup Environ Med 2016; 58: e187. - Physical and mental health status of Gulf War and Gulf era Veterans: Results from a large population-based epidemiological study.
Dursa EK, Barth SK, Schneiderman AI, Bossarte RM.
J Occup Environ Med 2016; 58: 41-46. - Nonresponse bias measurement and adjustment in the follow-up study of a national cohort of Gulf War and Gulf War era Veterans (Wave 3).
Dursa EK, Schneiderman A, Hammer H, Kolenikov S.
In Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Survey Research Methods Section. 2015. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association. 3996-4010. - Method issues in epidemiological studies of medically unexplained symptom-based conditions in Veterans.
Coughlin SS, McNeil RB, Provenzale DT, Dursa EK, Thomas CM.
J Mil Veterans Health 2013; 21: 4-10. - Longitudinal health study of U.S. 1991 Gulf War Veterans: Changes in health status at 10-year follow-up [Reply to letter of Delcher C, Wang Y].
Kang HK, Mahan CM, Li B, Eisen SA, Engel CC.
Am J Epidemiol 2012; 175: 473-474. - Longitudinal health study of U.S. 1991 Gulf War Veterans: Changes in health status at 10-year follow-up.
Li B, Mahan CM, Kang HK, Eisen SA, Engel CC.
Am J Epidemiol 2011; 174: 761-768. - Alcohol use and selected health conditions of 1991 Gulf War Veterans: Survey results, 2003-2005.
Coughlin SS, Kang HK, Mahan CM.
Prev Chronic Dis 2011;8(3). - Selected health conditions among overweight, obese, and non-obese Veterans of the 1991 Gulf War: Results from a survey conducted in 2003-2005.
Coughlin SS, Kang HK, Mahan CM.
Open Epidemiol J 2011; 4:140-146. - Investigating the risk of cancer in 1990-1991 U.S. Gulf War Veterans with the use of state cancer registry data.
Young HA, Maillard JD, Levine PH, Simmens SJ, Mahan CM, Kang HK.
Ann Epidemiol 2010; 20:265-272. - Neurological mortality among U.S. Veterans of the Persian Gulf War: 13-year follow-up.
Barth SK, Kang HK, Bullman TA, Wallin MT.
Am J Ind Med 2009;52:663-670. - Neuropsychologic assessment of a population-based sample of Gulf War Veterans.
Wallin MT, Wilken J, Alfaro MH, Rogers C, Mahan CM, Chapman JC, Fratto T, Sullivan C, Kang HK, Kane R.
Cog Behav Neurol 2009;22:155-166. - Health of U.S. Veterans of 1991 Gulf War: A follow-up survey in 10 years.
Kang HK, Li B, Mahan CM, Eisen SA, Engel CC.
J Occup Environ Med 2009;51:401-410. - Mental health of U.S. Gulf War Veterans 10 years after the war.
Toomey R, Kang HK, Karlinsky J, Baker DG, Vasterling JJ, Alpern R, Reda DJ, Henderson WG, Murphy FM, Eisen SA.
British J Psychiatry 2007;190:385-393. - A study of Gulf War Veterans with a possible deployment-related syndrome.
Levine PH, Richardson PK, Zolfaghari L, Cleary SD, Geist CE, Potolicchio S, Young HA, Simmens SJ, Schessel D, Williams K, Mahan CM, Kang HK.
Arch Environ Occup Health 2006;61:271-278. - Healthcare utilization and mortality among Veterans of the Gulf War.
Gray GC, Kang HK.
Phil Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2006;361:553-569. - Spouses of Persian Gulf War I Veterans: Medical evaluation of a U.S. cohort.
Eisen SA, Karlinsky J, Jackson LW, Blanchard M, Kang HK, Murphy FM, Alpern R, Reda DJ, Toomey R, Battistone MJ, Parks BJ, Klimas N, Pak HS, Hunter J, Lyons MJ, Henderson WG.
Mil Med 2006;171(7):613-618. - Fatal motor vehicle crashes among Veterans of the 1991 Gulf War and exposure to munitions demolitions at Khamisiyah: A nested case control study.
Gackstetter GD, Hooper TI, DeBakey SF, Johnson A, Nagaraj BE, Heller JM, Kang HK.
Am J Ind Med 2006;49:261-270. - Understanding the effect of deployment on the risk of fatal motor vehicle crashes: A nested case-control study of fatalities in Gulf War era Veterans, 1991-1995.
Hooper TI, DeBakey SF, Bellis KS, Kang HK, Cowan DN, Lincoln AE, Gackstetter GD.
Accid Anal Prev 2006;38:518-525. - The War-Related Illness and Injury Study Centers: A resource for deployment-related health concerns.
Lincoln AE, Helmer DA, Schneiderman AI, Li M, Copeland HL, Prisco MK, Wallin MT, Kang HK, Natelson BH.
Mil Med 2006;171:577-585. - Motor vehicle fatalities among Gulf War era Veterans: Characteristics, mechanisms and circumstances.
Lincoln AE, Hooper TI, Kang HK, DeBakey SF, Cowan DN, Gackstetter GD.
Traffic Inj Prev 2006;7:31-37. - Chronic multisymptom illness complex in Gulf War I Veterans 10 years later.
Blanchard MS, Eisen SA, Alpern R, Karlinsky J, Toomey R, Reda DJ, Murphy FM, Jackson LW, Kang HK.
Am J Epidemiol 2006;163:66-75. - Patterns of health care seeking of Gulf War registry members prior to deployment.
Miller R, Costigan DJ, Young HA, Kang HK, Dalager N, Mathes RW, Crawford HC, Page WF, Thaul S.
Mil Med 2006;171:370-375. - Mortality in U.S. Army Gulf War Veterans exposed to 1991 Khamisiyah chemical munitions destruction.
Bullman TA, Mahan CM, Kang HK, Page WF.
Am J Public Health 2005;95:1382-1388. - Gulf War Veterans’ health: Medical evaluation of a U.S. cohort.
Eisen SA, Kang HK, Murphy FM, Blanchard MS, Reda DJ, Henderson WG, Toomey R, Jackson LW, Alpern R, Parks BJ, Klimas N, Hall C, Pak HS, Hunter J, Karlinsky J, Battistone MJ, Lyons MJ.
Ann Intern Med 2005;142:881-890. - Leveraging existing databases to study vehicle crashes in combat occupational cohort: Epidemiologic methods.
Hooper TI, DeBakey SF, Lincoln AE, Kang HK, Cowan DN, Gackstetter GD.
Am J Ind Med 2005;48:118-127. - The role of sexual assault on the risk of PTSD among Gulf War Veterans.
Kang HK, Dalager NA, Mahan CM, Ishii E.
Ann Epidemiol 2005;15:191-195. - Is testicular cancer related to Gulf War deployment? Evidence from a pilot population-based study of Gulf War era Veterans and cancer registries.
Levine PH, Young HA, Simmens SJ, Rentz D, Kofie VE, Mahan CM, Kang HK.
Mil Med 2005;170:149-153. - Health effects in army Gulf War Veterans possibly exposed to chemical munitions destruction at Khamisiyah, Iraq: Part I. Morbidity associated with potential exposure.
Mahan CM, Page WF, Bullman TA, Kang HK.
Mil Med 2005;170:935-944. - Health effects in Army Gulf War Veterans possibly exposed to chemical munitions destruction at Khamisiyah, Iraq: Part II. Morbidity associated with notification of potential exposure.
Page WF, Mahan CM, Kang HK, Bullman TA.
Mil Med 2005;170:945-951. - Clinical and laboratory assessment of distal peripheral nerves in Gulf War Veterans and spouses.
Davis LE, Eisen SA, Murphy FM, Alpern R, Parks BJ, Blanchard M, Reda DJ, King MK, Mithen FA, Kang HK.
Neurology 2004;63:1070-1077. - After more than 10 years of Gulf War Veteran medical evaluations, what have we learned?
Gray GC, Gackstetter GD, Kang HK, Graham JT, Scott KC.
Am J Prev Med 2004;26:443-452. - Late prevalence of respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function abnormalities in Gulf War I Veterans.
Karlinsky JB, Blanchard M, Alpern R, Eisen SA, Kang H, Murphy FM, Reda DJ.
Arch Intern Med 2004;164:2488–2491. - Anthrax vaccination and self-reported symptoms, functional status, and medical conditions in the National Health Survey of Gulf War Era Veterans and Their Families.
Mahan CM, Kang HK, Dalager NA, Heller JM.
Ann Epidemiol 2004;14:81–88. - Variations in health communication needs among combat Veterans.
Schneiderman AI, Lincoln AE, Curbow BA, Kang HK.
Am J Public Health 2004;94:2074-2076. - The postwar hospitalization experience of Gulf War Veterans participating in U.S. health registries.
Smith TC, Jimenez DL, Smith B, Gray GC, Hooper TI, Gackstetter GD, Heller JM, Dalager NA, Kang HK, Hyams KC, Ryan MA.
J Occup Environ Med 2004;46:386–397. - Symptom patterns among Gulf War registry Veterans.
Hallman WK, Kipen HM, Diefenbach M, Boyd K, Kang H, Leventhal H, Wartenberg D.
Am J Public Health 2003;93:624–630. - Post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic fatigue syndrome-like illness among Gulf War Veterans: A population based survey of 30,000 Veterans.
Kang HK, Natelson BH, Mahan CM, Lee KY, Murphy FM.
Am J Epidemiol 2003;157:141–148. - Factor analysis of fatiguing syndrome in Gulf War era Veterans: Implications for etiology and pathogenesis.
Young HA, Simmens SJ, Kang HK, Mahan CM, Levine PH.
J Occup Environ Med 2003;45:1268–1273. - Risk of motor vehicle fatality associated with prior morbidity among Gulf War era Veterans.
DeBakey S, Paxton M, Weaver R, Lange J, Cowan D, Kang H, et al.
Ann Epidemiol 2002;12: 509. - Fatal motor vehicle crashes among Veterans of the Gulf War era: A nested case-control study.
Gackstetter GD, DeBakey S, Cowan D, et al.
Ann Epidemiol 2002;12:509–510. - Mortality among U.S. and U.K. Veterans of the Persian Gulf War: A review.
Kang HK, Bullman TA, Macfarlane GJ, Gray GC.
Occup Environ Med 2002;59:794–799. - Evidence for a deployment-related Gulf War syndrome by factor analysis.
Kang HK, Mahan CM, Lee KY, Murphy FM, Simmens SJ, Young HA, Levine PH.
Arch Environ Health 2002;57:61-68. - Mortality among U.S. Veterans of the Persian Gulf War: 7-year follow-up.
Kang HK, Bullman TA.
Am J Epidemiol 2001;154:399–405. - Pregnancy outcomes among U.S. Gulf War Veterans: A population-based survey of 30,000 Veterans.
Kang HK, Magee C, Mahan C, Lee K, Murphy F, Jackson L, Matanoski G.
Ann Epidemiol 2001;11:504–511. - Illnesses among United States Veterans of Gulf War: A population-based survey of 30,000 Veterans.
Kang HK, Mahan CM, Lee KY, Magee CA, Murphy FM.
J Occup Environ Med 2000;42:491–501. - Gulf War Veterans’ health registries. Who is most likely to seek evaluation?
Gray GC, Hawksworth AW, Smith TC, Kang HK, Knoke JD, Gackstetter GD.
Am J Epidemiol 1998;148:343–349. - Prevalence of chronic fatigue and chemical sensitivities in Gulf Registry Veterans.
Kipen HM, Hallman W, Kang HK, Fiedler N, Natelson BH.
Arch Environ Health 1999;54:313–318. - The health status of Gulf War Veterans: Lessons learned from the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Registry.
Murphy FM, Kang HK, Dalager NA, Lee KY, Allen RE, Mather SH, Kizer KW.
Mil Med 1999;164:327–331. - Counterpoint: Negligible "healthy-warrior effect" on Gulf War Veterans' mortality.
Kang HK, Bullman TA.
Am J Epidemiol 1998;148:324–325. - The postwar hospitalization experience of U.S. Veterans of the Persian Gulf War.
Gray GC, Coate BD, Anderson CM, Kang HK, Berg SW, Wignall FS, Knoke JD, Barrett-Connor E.
N Engl J Med 1996;335:1505–1513. - Mortality among U.S. Veterans of the Persian Gulf War.
Kang HK, Bullman TA.
N Engl J Med 1996;335:1498–1504. - Unexplained illnesses among Desert Storm Veterans: A search for causes, treatment, and cooperation.
Blanck RR, Hiatt J, Hyams KC, Kang HK, et al.
Arch Intern Med 1995;155:262–268.
Vietnam War Veterans
- Substance Use in U.S. Vietnam War Era Veterans and Nonveterans: Results from the Vietnam Era Health Retrospective Observational Study.
Cypel YS, DePhilippis D, Davey VJ.
Subst Use Misuse 2023; 1-13. - U.S. Blue Water Navy Veterans of the Vietnam War: Comparisons from the Vietnam Era Health Retrospective Observational Study (VE-HEROeS).
Davey VJ, Akhtar FZ, Cypel Y, Culpepper WJ, Ishii EK, Morley SW, Schneiderman AI.
JMVH 2023; 31: 55-72. - The mental health of Vietnam theater Veterans-the lasting effects of the war: 2016-2017 Vietnam Era Health Retrospective Observational Study.
Cypel Y, Schnurr PP, Schneiderman AI, Culpepper WJ, Akhtar FZ, Morley SW, Fried DA, Ishii EK, Davey VJ.
J Trauma Stress 2022; 35:605-618. - Potentially traumatic events and health among lesbian, gay, bisexual and heterosexual Vietnam veterans: Results from the Vietnam Era Health Retrospective Observational Study.
Blosnich JR, Hilgeman MM, Cypel YS, Akhtar FZ, Fried D, Ishii EK, Schneiderman A, Davey VJ.
Psychol Trauma 2021. - The mental health of older veterans ages 58-99 years: 2016-2017 VE-HEROeS findings.
Cypel Y, Schnurr P, Bossarte R, Culpepper W, Schneiderman A, Akhtar F, Morley S, Davey V.
Innovation in Aging 2020; 4: 170. - Perceived cognitive ability in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and heterosexual Vietnam era Veterans.
Hilgeman M, Blosnich J, Cypel Y, Akhtar F, Schneiderman A, Ishii E, Fried D, Davey V.
Innovation in Aging 2020; 4:311. - Spirometric Pulmonary Restriction in Herbicide-Exposed U.S. Vietnam War Veterans.
Cypel Y, Hines SE, Davey VJ, Eber SM, Schneiderman AI.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019: 16. - Qualitative interviewing: Testing health surveys among Vietnam War Veterans at the age of 70 years.
Fales AS, Cypel YS, Dunn ME, Truelove AL, Ishii EK, Schneiderman AI, Davey VJ.
Sage Open 2019; 1-13. - Comorbidity risks of a cohort of Vietnam Veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Bullman T, Schneiderman A.
J of Military and Veterans' Health 2018: 26: 29-36. - Self-reported physician-diagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and spirometry patterns in Vietnam Era US Army Chemical Corps Veterans: A retrospective cohort study.
Cypel YS, Hines SE, Davey VJ, Eber SM, Schneiderman AI.
Am J Ind Med 2018. - Herbicide exposure, Vietnam service, and hypertension risk in Army Chemical Corps Veterans.
Cypel YS, Kress AM, Eber SM, Schneiderman AI, Davey VJ.
J Occup Environ Med 2016: 58: 1127-1136. - Mortality patterns of Army Chemical Corps Veterans who were occupationally exposed to herbicides in Vietnam.
Cypel Y, Kang H.
Ann Epidemiol 2010;20:339-346. - Health status of Army Chemical Corps Vietnam Veterans who sprayed defoliant in Vietnam.
Kang HK, Dalager NA, Needham LL, Patterson DG, Lees PS, Yates K, Matanoski GM.
Am J Ind Med 2006;49:875-884. - U.S. Army Chemical Corps Vietnam Veterans health study: Preliminary results.
Kang HK, Dalager NA, Needham LL, Patterson DG, Matanoski GM, Kanchanaraksa S, Lees PS.
Chemosphere 2001;43:943–949. - Mortality among Army Chemical Corps Vietnam Veterans.
Dalager ND, Kang HK.
Am J Ind Med 1997;31:719–726. - A case-control study of lung cancer among Vietnam Veterans.
Mahan CM, Bullman TA, Kang HK, Selvin S.
J Occup Environ Med 1997;39:740-747. - Posttraumatic stress disorder and the risk of traumatic death among Vietnam Veterans.
Bullman TA, Kang HK.
In C. Fullerton & R. Ursano (Eds.), Posttraumatic stress disorder, acute and long-term responses to trauma and disaster. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Press 1997. - Mortality patterns among Vietnam Veterans: 24-year retrospective analysis.
Watanabe KK, Kang HK.
J Occup Environ Med 1996;38:272–278. - Hodgkin's disease and Vietnam service.
Dalager NA, Kang HK, Burt VL, Weatherbee L.
Ann Epidemiol 1995;5:400–406. - Military service in Vietnam and the risk of death from trauma and selected cancers.
Watanabe KK, Kang HK.
Ann Epidemiol 1995;5:407–412. - Risk of testicular cancer associated with surrogate measures of Agent Orange exposure among Vietnam Veterans on the Agent Orange Registry.
Bullman TA, Watanabe KK, Kang HK.
Ann Epidemiol 1994;4:11–16. - Posttraumatic stress disorder and the risk of traumatic deaths among Vietnam Veterans.
Bullman TA, Kang HK.
J Nerv Ment Dis 1994;182:604–610. - Dioxin, health effects, handbook of hazardous materials.
Kang HK.
Academic Press, 1993. - Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma among Vietnam Veterans.
Dalager NA, Kang HK, Burt VL, Weatherbee L.
J Occup Med 1991;33:774–779. - Dioxins and dibenzofurans in adipose tissue of U.S. Vietnam Veterans and controls.
Kang HK, Watanabe KK, Breen J, Remmers J, Conomos MG, Stanley J, Flicker M.
Am J Public Health 1991;81:344–349. - Mortality among Vietnam Veterans: With methodological considerations.
Watanabe KK, Kang HK, Thomas TL.
J Occup Med 1991;33:780–785. - Posttraumatic stress disorder among Vietnam Veterans on the Agent Orange Registry: A case-control analysis.
Bullman TA, Kang HK, Thomas TL.
Ann Epidemiol 1991;1: 505–512. - Proportionate mortality among U.S. Army Vietnam Veterans who served in Military Region I.
Bullman TA, Kang HK, Watanabe KK.
Am J Epidemiol 1990;132:670–674. - Mortality and morbidity among Army Chemical Corps Vietnam Veterans: A preliminary report.
Thomas TL, Kang HK.
Am J Ind Med 1990;18:665–673. - Proportionate mortality study of U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps Veterans of the Vietnam War.
Breslin P, Kang HK, Lee Y, Burt V, Shepard BM.
J Occup Med 1988;30:412–419. - The risk of soft tissue sarcoma in Veterans of the Vietnam conflict.
Shepard BM, Kang HK, Enzinger FM, Hobson LB.
In AL Young & GM Reggiani (Eds.), Agent Orange and its associated dioxin: Assessment of a controversy.Elsevier Science Publications, 1988. - Soft tissue sarcoma and military service in Vietnam: A case-control study.
Kang HK, Enzinger F, Breslin P, Feil M, Lee Y, Shepard B.
J Natl Cancer Inst 1987;79:693–699. - Effects of the military draft on mortality.
Kang HK, Breslin PP.
N Engl J Med 1986;315: 453-454. - Soft tissue sarcomas and military service in Vietnam: A case comparison group analysis of hospital patients.
Kang HK, Weatherbee L, Breslin PP, Lee Y, Shepard BM.
J Occup Med 1986;28: 1215–1218. - Rationale and description of the federally sponsored epidemiological research in the United States on the phenoxy herbicides.
Young AL, Kang HK, Shepard BM.
In G. Choudhary, L.H. Keith & C. Rappe (Eds.), Chlorinated dioxins and dibenzofurans in the total environment II. Boston, Mass.: Butterworth Publishers, 1985:155-166. - Health effects of Agent Orange exposure.
Kang HK, Shepard BM, Young AL.
In Occupational Medicine Current Concepts 7, No. 3. New York State Department of Health,1984. - Chlorinated dioxins as herbicide contaminants.
Young AL, Kang HK, Shepard AL.
Environmental Science and Technology 1983;17:530A–540A.
Women Vietnam War Veterans
- Mortality of Women Vietnam War-Era Veterans
Weitlauf JC, Cypel YS, Davey VJ.
Womens Health Issues 2023. - Impact of Wartime Stress Exposures and Mental Health on Later-Life Functioning and Disability in Vietnam-Era Women Veterans: Findings from The Health of Vietnam-Era Women's Study (HealthViEWS).
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Psychosom Med. 2019. - Four Decades after War: Incident Diabetes among Women Vietnam-Era Veterans in the HealthViEWS Study.
Schmidt EM, Magruder K, Kilbourne AM, Stock EM, Cypel Y, El Burai Félix S, Serpi T, Kimerling R, Cohen B, Spiro A, Furey J, Huang GD, Frayne SM.
Womens Health Issues. 2019: 29: 471-479. - Physical Health Conditions Among a Population-Based Cohort of Vietnam-Era Women Veterans: Agreement Between Self-Report and Medical Records.
Kilbourne AM, Schumacher K, Frayne SM, Cypel Y, Barbaresso MM, Nord KM, Perzhinsky J, Lai Z, Pernovost K, Spiro A, Gleason TC, Kimerling R, Huang GD, Serpi TB, Magruder KM
J Womens Health 2017. - Assessment of a Revised Wartime Experiences Scale for Vietnam-Era Women: The Health of Vietnam-Era Women's Study (HealthViEWS).
Sternke LM, Serpi T, Spiro A 3rd, Kimerling R, Kilbourne AM, Cypel Y, Frayne SM, Furey J, Huang GD, Reinhard MJ, Magruder K.
Womens Health Issues 2017. - Prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder in Vietnam-era women Veterans - The Health of Vietnam-Era Women's Study (HealthVIEWS).
Magruder K, Serpi T, Kimerling R, Kilbourne, AM, Collins JF, Cypel, Y, Frayne SM, Furey J, Huang, GD, Gleason T, Reinhard MJ, Spiro A, Kang H.
JAMA Psychiatry 2015; 72: 1127-1134. - Diagnostic accuracy of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI 3.0) PTSD module among female Vietnam-era Veterans .
Kimerling R, Serpi T, Weathers F, Kilbourne AM, Kang H, Collins JF, Cypel Y, Frayne SM, Furey J, Huang GD, Reinhard MJ, Spiro A, Magruder K.
J Trauma Stress 2014;27:160-167. - HealthViEWS: Mortality study of female U.S. Vietnam era Veterans, 1965-2010.
Kang HK, Cypel Y, Kilbourne AM, Magruder KM, Serpi T, Collins JF, Frayne SM, Furey J, Huang GD, Kimerling R, Reinhard MJ, Schumacher K, Spiro A 3rd.
Am J Epidemiol. 2014; 179:721-730. - Mortality patterns among women Vietnam-era Veterans: Results of a retrospective cohort study.
Cypel Y, Kang H.
Ann Epidemiol 2008;18:244-252. - Pregnancy outcomes among U.S. women Vietnam Veterans.
Kang HK, Mahan CM, Lee KY, Magee CA, Mather SH, Matanoski G.
Am J Ind Med 2000;38:447–454. - Prevalence of gynecologic cancers among female Vietnam Veterans.
Kang HK, Mahan CM, Lee KY, Magee CA, Selvin S.
J Occup Environ Med 2000;42:1121–1127. - Cancer mortality patterns among women who served in the military: The Vietnam experience.
Dalager NA, Kang HK, Thomas TL.
J Occup Med 1995;37:298–305. - Mortality among women Vietnam Veterans, 1973–1987.
Thomas TL, Kang HK, Dalager NA.
Am J Epi 1991;134:973–980.
Suicide Risk
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- Moral injury and peri- and post-military suicide attempts among post-9/11 Veterans.
Maguen S, Griffin B, Vogt D, Hoffmire C, Blosnich J, Bernhard P, Akhtar F, Cypel Y, Schneiderman A.
Psychol Med 2022; 17: 1-10. - Association of lifetime homelessness and justice involvement with psychiatric symptoms, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempt among post-9/11 Veterans.
Holliday R, Forster JE, Desai A, Miller C, Monteith LL, Schneiderman AI, Hoffmire CA.
J Psychiatr Res 2021; 144: 455-461. - Risk of suicide among U.S. veterans who deployed as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation New Dawn.
Bullman and Schneiderman.
Inj Epidemiol 2021. - Differences in childhood adversity, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempt among veterans and nonveterans.
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Am Psychol 2021; 76: 284-299. - Suicide Risk Among U.S. Peacekeepers Serving in the Bosnia/Kosovo Theater, 1996-2002.
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Am J Epidemiol 2019. - Relative Importance of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression in Predicting Risk of Suicide among a Cohort of Vietnam Veterans.
Bullman T, Schneiderman A, Gradus JL.
Suicide Life Threat Behav 2019; 49: 838-845. - Suicide risk by unit component among Veterans who served in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Bullman T, Schneiderman A, Bossarte R.
Arch Suicide Res 2018; 22: 1-10. - Suicide risk among wounded U.S. service members .
Reger MA, Smolenski DJ, Skopp NA, Metzger-Abamukong MJ, Kang HK, Bullman TA, Gahm GA.
Suicide Life Threat Behav 2017; 47: 242-247. - Time dependent gender differences in suicide risk among Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans .
Bullman T, Hoffmire C, Schneiderman A, Bossarte R.
Ann Epidemiol 2015; 25: 964-965, - Risk of suicide among U.S. military service members following Operation Enduring Freedom or Opeartion Iraqi Freedom deployment and separation from the U.S. military.
Reger MA, Smolenski DJ, Skopp NA, Metzger-Abamukang MJ, Kang HK, Bullman TA, Perdue S, Gahm GA.
JAMA Psychiatry 2015; 72: 561-569. - Suicide risk among 1.3 million Veterans who were on active duty during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars .
Kang HK, Bullman TA, Smolenski DJ, Skopp NA, Gahm GA, Reger MA.
Ann Epidemiol 2015; 25: 96-100. - Department of Veterans Affairs response to risk of suicide for Veterans.
Kang HK, Bullman TA.
In J. Amara & A.M. Hendricks (Eds.), Military Health Care From pre-deployment to post-separation. New York, N.Y.: Routledge, 2013. - Is there an epidemic of suicides among current and former U.S. military personnel ?
Kang HK, Bullman TA. Ann Epidemiol 2009;19:757-760. - Risk of suicide among U.S. Veterans after returning from the Iraq or Afghanistan war zones .
Kang HK, Bullman TA.
JAMA 2008; 300: 652-653. - The risk of suicide among wounded Vietnam Veterans .
Bullman TA, Kang HK.
Am J Public Health 1996;86:662–667. - A study of suicide among Vietnam Veterans.
Bullman TA, Kang HK.
Federal Practitioner 1995;12:9–13. - Combat experience and postservice psychosocial status as predictors of suicide in Vietnam Veterans.
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J Nerv Ment Dis 1990;178:32–37.
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Radiation exposure
- Cancer mortality among the highest exposed U.S. atmospheric nuclear test participants.
Dalager NA, Kang HK, Mahan CM.
J Occup Env Med 2000;42:798–805. - A mortality follow-up study of WW II submariners who received nasopharyngeal radium irradiation treatment.
Kang HK, Bullman TA, Mahan CM.
Am J Ind Med 2000;38:441–446. - Feasibility of an epidemiologic study of submariners who received radium irradiation treatment.
Kang HK.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1996;115:433–437. - Cancer mortality risk among military participants of a 1958 atmospheric nuclear weapons test.
Watanabe KK, Kang HK, Dalager NA.
Am J Public Health 1995;85:523–527.
Mustard gas exposure
- A fifty year mortality follow-up of Veterans exposed to low level chemical warfare agent, mustard gas.
Bullman TA, Kang HK.
Ann Epidemiol 2000;10:333–338.
Methodology, summary, or other
- A Cross-sectional Cohort Study to Assess Long-term Neurocognitive and Psychiatric Symptoms of Mefloquine Use in Veterans.
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Mil Med. 2022. - Carcinogenicity of cobalt, antimony compounds, and weapons-grade tungsten alloy.
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Lancet Oncol 2022. - The power of prevention: Prevention and preparedness in public health.
Oliver K, Iser J, Brumage M, Lushiak B.
Am J Prev Med 2022; 64: 650-642. - Food insecurity in US military veterans.
Cypel, YS, Katon, JG, Schure, MB, Smith S
Food and Nutrition Bulletin. 2020; 41:399-423. - Mortality experience of US veterans following service as international peacekeepers in Bosnia/Kosovo theater, 1996-2002.
Bullman T, Schneiderman A.
Cancer Epidemiol 2019. - Post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic health conditions.
Coughlin SS, editor.
Washington, D.C.: American Public Health Association, 2012. - Post-traumatic stress disorder and cardiovascular disease.
Coughlin SS.
Open Cardiovasc Med J 2011;5:164-170. - Mortality follow-up of Veterans who participated in military chemical and biological warfare agent testing between 1962 and 1972.
Kang HK, Bullman TA.
J Toxicol Environ Health A 2009;72:1550-1552. - Sexual harassment and assault experienced by reservists during military service: Prevalence and health correlates.
Street AE, Stafford J, Mahan CM, Hendricks A.
J Rehabil Res Dev 2008;45:409-419. - Veterans and functional status transitions in older Americans.
Liu X, Engel Jr CC, Kang HK, Armstrong DW.
Mil Med 2006;171:942-949. - Risk of selected cardiovascular diseases and posttraumatic stress disorder among former World War II Prisoners of War.
Kang HK, Bullman TA, Taylor JW.
Ann Epidemiol 2006;16:381-386. - Vital status ascertainment through the files of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Social Security Administration.
Page WF, Mahan CM, Kang HK.
Ann Epidemiol 1996;6:102–109. - The effects of mustard gas, ionizing radiation, herbicides, trauma, and oil smoke on U.S. military personnel: The results of Veteran studies.
Bullman TA, Kang HK.
Annu Rev Public Health 1994;15:69–90. - Resources for epidemiologic research in Vietnam era Veteran populations within the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Kang HK.
In Epidemiology in military and Veteran populations Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 1991:97-103. - National sources of vital status information: Extent of coverage and possible selectivity in reporting [Letter to the editor].
Kang HK, Thomas TL.
Am J Epidemiol 1990;132:1196–1197.
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