A Summary of the 42-year Follow up of Vietnam Prisoners of War: Mortality and Morbidity Findings

Abstract

Previous research on Vietnam-era repatriated prisoners of war (RPW's) medical and psychological status. At repatriation, a number of gastrointestinal, peripheral nerve, visual, auditory, and orthopedic disorders were identified (Berg and Richlin, 1977a; Berg and Richlin, 1977b; Berg and Richlin, 1977c;), but the ranking of most frequent illnesses varied across military services. In 1978, a similar illness pattern was observed among the Navy repatriates (Richlin, Rahe, Shale, Mitchell, 1980).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 20, 2017
Accession Number
AD1044458

Entities

People

  • A. F. Wells
  • Jeffrey L. Moore
  • John P. Albano
  • Saima Raza

Organizations

  • Robert E. Mitchell Center for Prisoner of War Studies

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Cardiovascular System
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Mental Disorders
  • Peripheral Nervous System
  • Prisoners Of War
  • Respiration Disorders
  • Traumatic Stress Disorder

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

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  • Gulf War Illness and Chronic Multisymptom Illness in Veterans.
  • Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Care for Military Service Members and Veterans with Limb Loss or Disability.