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Alcohol use and alcohol-related problems before and after military combat deployment.
CONTEXT High rates of alcohol misuse after deployment have been reported among personnel returning from past conflicts, yet investigations of alcohol misuse after return from the current wars in Iraq…
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High injury rates among female army trainees: a function of gender?
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Why are most drowning victims men? Sex differences in aquatic skills and behaviors.
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It was concluded that several factors contribute to men's relatively high drowning rates, including a possible interaction between overestimation of abilities and heavy alcohol use.
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The occupational burden of mental disorders in theU.S. military: psychiatric hospitalizations, involuntary separations, and disability.
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In the military, the occupational impact of mental disorders compared with other medical conditions appears to be mediated not only by greater disease chronicity and severity but also by a variety of behavioral problems including misconduct, legal problems, unauthorized absences, and alcohol/drug-related problems.
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Employee drinking practices and work performance.
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Although moderate-heavy and heavy drinkers reported more work performance problems than very light, light, or moderate drinkers, the lower-level-drinking employees, since they were more plentiful, accounted for a larger proportion of workperformance problems than did the heavier drinking groups.
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Spouse abuse and alcohol problems among white, African American, and Hispanic U.S. Army soldiers.
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This study finds 3 different patterns of association between alcohol use and domestic violence depending upon both the race/ethnicity of the perpetrator and whether or not alcohol was involved in the spouse abuse event.
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Cigarette smoking and suicide: a prospective study of 300,000 male active-duty Army soldiers.
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For male active-duty army personnel, the dose-related association between smoking and suicide was not entirely explained by the greater tendency of smokers to be White, drink heavily, have less education, and exercise less often.
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The natural history and risk factors of musculoskeletal conditions resulting in disability among US Army personnel.
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The natural history of 13 musculoskeletal conditions requiring hospitalization is described and demographic, behavioral, psychosocial, occupational, and clinical characteristics most strongly associated with disability discharge from the Army are identified.
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Race and Injury Among Army Basic Trainees
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White trainees were significantly fatter and weaker than black trainees, and the differences in overall injury rates could not be explained by differences in body composition and physical fitness.
The changing profile of disability in the U.S. Army: 1981-2005.
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