CDC Science Clips

Military Medicine and Health

1. Utilization of surgical resources during the USNS COMFORT humanitarian mission to the Americas, June to October 2007
   Hartgerink BJ, Chapman LE, Stevenson J, Donahue TF, Pagliara C.
   Mil Med. 2010 Sep;175(9):638-646.


2. Characteristics of suicides among US Army active duty personnel in 17 US states from 2005 to 2007
   Logan J, Skopp NA, Karch D, Reger MA, Gahm GA.
   Am J Public Health. 2012 ;102(S1):S40-S44.


3. Prevalence of mental health problems and functional impairment among active component and National Guard soldiers 3 and 12 months following combat in Iraq
   Thomas JL, Wilk JE, Riviere LA, McGurk D, Castro CA, Hoge CW.
   Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2010 Jun;67(6):614-23.


4. Hymenoptera of Afghanistan and the Central Command area of operations: assessing the threat to deployed U.S. service members with insect venom hypersensitivity
   Turbyville JC, Dunford JC, Nelson MR.
   Allergy Asthma Proc. 2013 Mar-Apr;34(2):179-84.


5. An outbreak of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in U.S. Marines deployed to Liberia
   Whitman TJ, Coyne PE, Magill AJ, Blazes DL, Green MD, Milhous WK, Burgess TH, Freilich D, Tasker SA, Azar RG, Endy TP, Clagett CD, Deye GA, Shanks GD, Martin GJ.
   Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Aug;83(2):258-265.


6. Posttraumatic stress disorder and risk of dementia among US veterans
   Yaffe K, Vittinghoff E, Lindquist K, Barnes D, Covinsky KE, Neylan T, Kluse M, Marmar C.
   Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2010 Jun;67(6):608-13.