A Proposal To Determine if The Incidence of Oral Mucosal Lesion Regression In Air Force Basic Military Trainees Is Associated With Prior Tobacco Use Habits.

Abstract

Using responses to a health survey administered to all basic military trainees at Lackland AFB, Texas individuals will be identified as current users of smokeless tobacco (ST). Current users of ST will be defined as an individual who has used ST regularly (at least once per day), right up to the point of entering Basic Military Training. Each trainee will receive an oral soft tissue examination to determine if there is an observable oral mucosal lesions (OML). Lesions that are identifiable as aphthous ulcers (canker sores) or oral herpes (cold sores) will not be included as an OML for this study. Those individuals identified with an OML and also meet the case definition as current users of ST will be the population at risk for this study. These individuals will be grouped on the level/grade of their OML.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 09, 1997
Accession Number
ADA320229

Entities

People

  • Gary C. Martin

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Basic Training
  • Chi Square Test
  • Data Analysis
  • Databases
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Health Surveys
  • Human Behavior
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Training
  • Physicians
  • Public Health
  • Surveys
  • United States

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  • Medicine

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