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Long-Term Health Effects of Participation in Project SHAD (Shipboard Hazard and Defense) (2007) / Chapter Skim
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1 Study Rationale and Overview
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... In some cases, all the trials within a particular test used the same agent, but for some tests, different agents were used in different trials. Agents included chemical warfare agents sarin and VX; biological warfare agents Pasteurella tularensis, Coxiella burnetti, and staphylococcal enterotoxin B; chemical warfare simulants such as zinc cadmium sulfide; and biological warfare simulants such as Bacillus globigii and Serratia marcescens (see Appendix A for a complete list)
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... For deaths prior to 1979, the VA agreed to provide causes of death using records available in VA claims folders for participants only. Morbidity Follow-Up Using VA Records We matched the participant and nonparticipant rosters against the VA's computerized files of inpatient (patient treatment file [PTF]
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... Regarding specific health outcomes that we might expect to be sequelae of Project SHAD exposures, we asked our expert panel to identify specific outcomes for inclusion in the survey. We also asked a local firm to briefly review the toxicological literature for each agent used in Project SHAD.
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... The adjusted comparisons took into account factors such as age, race, and pay grade. Cause-specific mortality was analyzed using standard mortality ratios and proportional hazards analysis, which allowed adjustments for factors such as age and race.
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