Possible Long-Term Health Effects of Short-Term Exposure to Chemical Agents Volume 1 (1982) / Chapter Skim
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Mortality
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If a death certificate showing the cause of death could not be found in the VA claim folder for a deceased veteran, a copy of the certificate was requested from the vital statistics office of the Jurisdiction where the death occurred. We underlying cause of death was coded for analysis.
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It is evident that men who were tested with active substances hat beer subjected to attitiocal screening, so these Den constituted an unusually fit group and eight be expected to have unusually low mortality for a number of Prearm. This phenomenon la identical with the "healthy~orker.
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The only ocher SMR to exceed unity occurred in men who were exposes to the anticholinergic chemicals only. Men who were exposed to anticholinergic chemicals plus other chemicals (which sometimes included substances to counteract the effects of the anticholinergic chemicals)
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Of the other three who died of leukemia or aleukeots, two had received antlcholinesterase agents, two choliDestereae reactivatora, and one each lrritanta, cannabis, and an uDslasalfled chemical (included under total experience in Table 4-3) ~ Then the total volunteer experience is divided into the 1,984 aeD who did not receive potentially hazardous chemicals and the 4,636 men who did, the average annual death rates from leukemia are aiailar ~3.4 aDd 4.0 per 100,000 peraon-yr of obaervatlon, respectively.
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No. Men: Be fore 1920 35 17 52 1920-1924 55 22 2 79 1925-1929 118 78 1 197 1930-1934 417 139 17 573 1935-1939 491 837 77 17 1,422 1940-1944 47 978 805~ 69 1,899 1945-1949 31 1,191 571 1,793 l9SO-1954 18 516 534 Af ter 1954 1 70 71 Tota 1 1, 163 2, 102 2, 112 1 ,243 6 ,620 Mean Year of Birth: 1934 1939 1945 1950 1942 He an Age at Beginning of Followup, I
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Table 2 }median Years in Which Categories of Chemicals were Administered Category An ~ ichol ines terases Aneichol inergice Cholinesterase deactivators Irritants Cannabis LSD derive t ive s Approved drugs Innocuous chemicals and controls 82 Yeas 1962 1968 1968 1967 1965 1959 1971 1971
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Table 4 Obeenred and Expected Dcathe long Test Subjects by Chceica1 ~ministcred - No. Eesths Chemical No 5ubjecta Obeesved Expected DUE Aneicholinesterase only 507 21 29.2 0c72 Sarin only 149 9 11.3 0.80 VX only 281 12 14.5 0.83 Remainder of group 77 0 3~3 O.O Anticholinergic only 570 19 18.0 1.06 BE only 136 6 6.9 0.87 EA 3443 only 28 1 1.l 0.91 EA 3580 only 45 0 1.4 0.0 Scopolamine only 85 5 2.0 2.50 Atropine only 62 3 1.7 1.76 EA 3834 only 64 1 t.2 0.83 Remainder of group lSO 3 3.8 0.79 Irritant only 885 18 31.0 0.58 Musters only 68 3 3~0 1~00 Remainder of group 817 15 28.0 0.54 86
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J., 1980: Follo~up Studies of World War II ant Korean Conflict Prisoners.
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