EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SUICIDE: In 2005 suicide was the third leading cause of death for all
males between 20 and 29 years of age, for a rate of 19.8/100,000 persons (2). Men are at …

Purpose We conducted a retrospective cohort mortality study to determine the postservice
suicide risk of recent wartime veterans comparing them with the US general population as …

Background Since the 1990–1991 Persian Gulf War, there has been persistent concern that
US war veterans may have had adverse health consequences, including higher-than …

Importance A pressing question in military suicide prevention research is whether
deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom relates to …

Vietnam veterans have been reported to be at increased risk for posttraumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) and deaths due to traumatic causes after service in the Vietnam War. This …

Mortality data on Gulf War veterans was reviewed as a means of evaluating the long term
consequences of the war. Studies were located from searches of Medline, Proceedings of …

PURPOSE: American World War II (WWII) prisoners of war (POWs) suffered both mental and
physical deprivation while interned. The long-term health consequences of the internment …

To assess the long-term health consequences of the 1991 Persian Gulf War, the authors
compared cause-specific mortality rates of 621,902 Gulf War veterans with those of 746,248 …

OBJECTIVES: This study was undertaken to determine whether an association exists
between combat trauma and risk of postservice suicide among Vietnam veterans …

Objectives. We investigated whether US Army Gulf War veterans who were potentially
exposed to nerve agents during the March 1991 weapons demolitions at Khamisiyah, Iraq …