Injuries and Illnesses of Vietnam War POWs Revisited: I. Navy Risk Factors

Abstract

Operation Homecoming (O/H), the negotiated release of 566 US Servicemen held as prisoners of war (POWs) in Vietnam for as long as nine years, began in February 1973. During the months that followed, enemy forces released 138 Navy, 26 Marine Corps, 77 Army, and 325 Air Force POWs. The purpose of this present study is to look at the relationship between the number of diagnosis at repatriation (i.e., IMEF) and various risk factors. We hypothesized that these risk factors would predict both the grand total of IMEF diagnoses across categories and the presence of any diagnoses within specific categories.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 05, 2016
Accession Number
ADA626171

Entities

People

  • Jeffrey L. Moore
  • John P. Albano
  • Saima S. Raza

Organizations

  • Robert E. Mitchell Center for Prisoner of War Studies

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Body Weight
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Equations
  • Health Services
  • Information Science
  • Linear Regression Analysis
  • Marine Corps
  • Medical Personnel
  • Prisoners
  • Prisoners Of War
  • Regression Analysis
  • Risk Factors
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Vietnam War
  • War

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