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Publications List by Author

This is a list of publications from the Epidemiology Program. Publications are listed by author chronologically within each topic. View these citations listed by title.

There is a link to the abstract for a publication when available.

Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom Veterans
Gulf War Veterans
Vietnam Veterans
Women Vietnam Veterans
Suicide risk
Radiation exposure
Mustard gas exposure
Methodology, summary, or other

Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom Veterans

Harper, KL, Blosnich, JR, Livingston, N, Vogt, D, Bernhard, PA, Hoffmire, CA, Maguen, S, Schneiderman, A. Examining differences in mental health and mental health service use among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and heterosexual Veterans. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity 2024.
Cypel YS, Maguen S, Bernhard PA, Culpepper WJ, Schneiderman. Prevalence and Correlates of Food and/or Housing Instability among Men and Women Post-9/11 US Veterans. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2024.
Holder, N, Ranney, RM, Bernhard, PA, Holliday, R, Vogt, D, Hoffmire, CA, Blosnich, JR, Schneiderman, AI, Maguen, S. Which Veterans with PTSD are most likely to report being told of their diagnosis? Journal of Psychiatric Research 2024; 170, 158-166.
Bovin MJ, Schneiderman A, Bernhard PA, Maguen S, Hoffmire CA, Blosnich JR, Smith BN, Kulka R, Vogt D. Development and validation of a brief warfare exposure measure among U.S. Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans: The Deployment Risk and Resilience Inventory-2 Warfare Exposure-Short Form (DRRI-2 WE-SF). Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy 2023; 15:1248-1258.
Ranney, RM, Bernhard, PA, Vogt, D, Blosnich, JR, Hoffmire, C, Cypel, Y, Schneiderman, AI, Maguen, S. Alcohol use and treatment utilization in national sample of Veterans and nonveterans. . JJ Subst Use Addict Treat 2023.
Ranney, RM, Maguen, S, Bernhard, PA, Holder, N, Vogt, D, Blosnich, JR, & Schneiderman, AI. Treatment utilization for PTSD in a national sample of veterans and nonveterans . Med Care 2023; 61: 87-94.
Holder N, Holliday R, Ranney RM, Bernhard PA, Vogt D, ·Hoffmire CA, Blosnich JR, Schneiderman AI, Maguen S. Relationship of social determinants of health with symptom severity among Veterans and non Veterans with probable posttraumatic stress disorder or depression. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2023.
Cypel YS, Vogt D, Maguen S, Bernhard P, Lowery E, Culpepper WJ, Armand-Gibbs I, Schneiderman AI. Physical health of Post-9/11 U.S. Military veterans in the context of Healthy People 2020 targeted topic areas: Results from the Comparative Health Assessment Interview Research Study. Prev Med Rep. 2023.
Holder N, Maguen S, Holliday R, Vogt D, Bernhard PA, Hoffmire CA, Blosnich JR, Schneiderman AI. Psychosocial outcomes among Veteran and non-Veteran survivors of sexual assault. J Interpers Violence.
Reinhard MJ, Chester JE, Breneman CB, Samuel IBH, Prisco MK, Vincent TD, Rumm PD, Smith SR, Barrett JP. A cross-sectional cohort study to assess long-term neurocognitive and psychiatric symptoms of mefloquine use in Veterans. Mil Med. 2022.
Bullman T, Schneiderman A. Cause-Specific Mortality Risks Through 2016, Among U.S. Veterans of the Southwest Asia Theater. J Mil Veterans Health 2021; 52-56.
Schneiderman AI, Cypel YS, Dursa EK, Bossarte R. Associations between use of antimalarial medications and health among U.S. Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2018.
Santana MVD, Eber S, Barth S, Cypel Y, Dursa E, Schneiderman A. Health-related quality of life among United States Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom - Results from a population-based study. Mil Med 2017; 182: e1885-e1891.
Schneiderman AI, Dougherty DD, Fonseca VP, Wolters CL, Bossarte RM, Arjomandi M. Diagnosing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans: Veterans Affairs concordance with clinical guidelines for spirometry administration.. Mil Med 2017; 182: e-1993-e2000.
Porter B, Bonanno GA, Frasco MA, Dursa EK, Boyko EJ. Prospective post-traumatic stress disorder symptom trajectories in active duty and separated military personnel. J Psychiatr Res 2017; 89:55-64.
Katon J, Cypel Y, Raza M, Zephyrin L, Reiber G, Yano EM, Barth S, Schneiderman A. Deployment and adverse pregnancy outcomes: Primary findings and methodological considerations. Matern Child Health J 2017; 21: 376-386.
Dursa EK, Barth SK, Bossarte RM, Schneiderman AI. Demographic, military, and health characteristics of VA health care users and nonusers who served in or during Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2009-2011. Public Health Rep 2016; 131:839-843.
Barth SK, Dursa EK, Bossarte RM, Schneiderman AI. Lifetime prevalence of respiratory diseases and exposures among Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans: Results from the National Health Study for a New Generation of U.S. Veterans. J Occup Environ Med 2016; 58:1175-1180.
Cypel YS, Hamlett-Berry K, Barth SK, Christofferson DE, Davey VJ, Eber S, Schneiderman AI, Bossarte RM. Cigarette smoking and sociodemographic, military, and health characteristics of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans: 2009-2011 National Health Study for a New Generation of US Veterans. Public Health Rep 2016; 131: 714-727.
Bullman TA, Kang HK, Smolenski DJ, Skopp NA, Gahm GA, Reger MA. Risk of motor vehicle accident death among 1.3 million Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Traffic Inj Prev 2016.
Ciminera P, Superior MJ, Bullman T. Findings From the Department of Veterans Affairs Qarmat Ali Medical Surveillance Program. Mil Med 2016; 181: 307-310.
Barth SK, Kimerling RE, Pavao J, McCutcheon SJ, Batten SV, Dursa E, Peterson MR, Schneiderman AI. Military sexual trauma among recent Veterans: Correlates of sexual assault and sexual harassment. Am J Prev Med 2016; 50: 77-86.
Lee S, Fonseca VP, Wolters CL, Dougherty DD, Peterson MR, Schneiderman AI, Ishii EK. Health care utilization behavior of Veterans who deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq. Mil Med 2015;180: 374-379.
Dougherty DD, Lee S, Fonseca VP, Wolters CL, Schneiderman AI, Peterson MR, Ishii EK. Health care use among Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans with infectious diseases. Fed Pract 2015; 32: 36-41.
Reinhard MJ, Nassif TH, Bloeser, K, Dursa EK, Barth SK, Benetato B, Schneiderman A. CAM utilization among OEF/OIF Veterans: Findings from the National Health Study for a New Generation of U.S. Veterans. Med Care 2014; 52 (suppl 5): 45-49.
Dursa EK, Reinhard MJ, Barth SK, Schneiderman AI. Prevalence of a positive screen for PTSD among OEF/OIF and OEF/OIF-era Veterans in a large population-based cohort. J Trauma Stress 2014; 27: 542-549.
Katon J, Cypel Y, Raza M, Zephyrin L, Reiber G, Yano EM, Barth S, Schneiderman A. Self-reported infertility among male and female Veterans serving during Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom. J Womens Health (Larchmt) 2014; 23:175-183.
Barth SK, Dursa EK, Peterson MR, Schneiderman A. Prevalence of respiratory diseases among Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom: Results from the National Health Study for a New Generation of U.S. Veterans. Mil Med 2014; 179: 241-245.
Yoon, FB, Jang D, Sukasih A, Kress AM, Barth SK, Mahan CM, Coughlin SS, Dursa EK, Schneiderman AI. 2013. Adjustments for misclassification of deployment status in a population based health study of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans. In JSM Proceedings, Mental Health Statistics Section. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association. 1996-2008.
Eber S, Barth S, Kang H, Mahan C, Dursa E, Schneiderman A. The National Health Study for a New Generation of United States Veterans: Methods for a large-scale study on the health of recent Veterans. Mil Med 2013; 178: 966-969.
Rosen RC, Marx BP, Maserejian NN, Holowka DW, Gates MA, Sleeper LA, Vasterling JJ, Kang HK, Keane TM. Project VALOR: Design and methods of a longitudinal registry of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in combat-exposed Veterans in the Afghanistan and Iraqi military theaters of operations. Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 2012; 21:5-16.
Coughlin S, Aliaga P, Barth S, Eber S, Maillard J, Mahan C, Kang H, Schneiderman A, DeBakey S, Vanderwolf P, Williams M. The effectiveness of a monetary incentive on response rates in a survey of recent U.S. Veterans. Survey Practice 2011.
Schneiderman AI, Braver ER, Kang HK. Understanding sequelae of injury mechanisms and mild traumatic brain injury incurred during the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan: Persistent postconcussive symptoms and posttraumatic stress disorder. Am J Epidemiol 2008;167:1446-1452.
Kang HK, Hyams KC. Mental health care needs among recent war Veterans. N Engl J Med 2005;352:1289.

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Gulf War Veterans

Dursa EK, Cao G, Culpepper WJ, Schneiderman A. Comparison of Health Outcomes Over Time Among Women 1990-1991 Gulf War Veterans, Women 1990-1991 Gulf Era Veterans, and Women in the U.S. General Population. Womens Health Issues. 2023.
Bullman, T, Schneiderman A, Dursa E. Cause-specific mortality risks among U.S. veterans: 25 years after their service in the 1990–1991 gulf war. Ann Epidemiol 2021; 57:1-6.
Barth S, Innes K, Dursa E, Bossarte M. The association of pre-war medical conditions to Gulf War illness. Life Sci 2021; 282.
Dursa E, Cao G, Porter B, Culpepper W, Schneiderman A. The health of Gulf War and Gulf Era Veterans over time: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Gulf War Longitudinal Study. J Occup Environ Med 2021; 63:889-894.
Gifford E, Vahey J, Hauser E, Sims K, Efird J, Dursa E, Steele L, Helmer D, Provenzale D. Gulf War illness in the Gulf War Era Cohort and Biorepository: The Kansas and Centers for Disease Control definitions. Life Sci 2021; 278.
Dursa EK, Tadesse BE, Carter CE, Culpepper WJ, Schneiderman AI, Rumm PD. Respiratory illness among Gulf War and Gulf War era Veterans who use the Department of Veterans Affairs for healthcare. Am J Ind Med 2020; 63: 980-987.
Dursa EK, Barth SK, Porter BW, Schneiderman AI. Health Status of Female and Male Gulf War and Gulf Era Veterans: A Population-Based Study. Womens Health Issues 2019; Suppl 1: S39-46.
Dursa E, Barth S, Porter B, Schneiderman A. Gulf War illness in the 1991 Gulf War and Gulf Era Veteran population: An application of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kansas case definitions to historical data. J Mil Veterans Health 2018; 26: 43-50.
Khalil L, McNeil RB, Sims KJ, Felder KA, Hauser ER, Goldstein KM, Voils CI, Klimas NG, Brophy MT, Thomas CM, Whitley RL, Dursa EK, Helmer DA, Provenzale DT. The Gulf War Era Cohort and Biorepository: A Longitudinal Research Resource of Veterans of the 1990-1991 Gulf War Era. Am J Epidemiol 2018.
Porter B, Long K, Rull RP, Dursa EK, Millennium Cohort Study Team. Health Status of Gulf War and Era Veterans Serving in the US Military in 2000. J Occup Environ Med. 2018; 60: e261-e267.
Barth SK, Dursa EK, Bossarte RM, Schneiderman AI. Trends in brain cancer mortality among U.S. Gulf War Veterans: 21 year follow-up. Cancer Epidemiol 2017; 50 (Pt A): 22-29.
Barth SK, Kang HK, Bullman T. All-cause mortality among US Veterans of the Persian Gulf War: 13-year follow-up. Public Health Rep 2016; 131:822-830.
Dursa EK, Barth SK, Schneiderman AI, Bossarte RM. Physical and mental health status of Gulf War and Gulf era Veterans: Results from a large population-based epidemiological study. [Reply to letter of Coughlin S] . J Occup Environ Med 2016; 58: 187.
Dursa EK, Barth SK, Schneiderman AI, Bossarte RM. Physical and mental health status of Gulf War and Gulf era Veterans: Results from a large population-based epidemiological study. J Occup Environ Med 2016; 58: 41-46.
Dursa EK, Schneiderman A, Hammer H, Kolenikov S. 2015. Nonresponse bias measurement and adjustment in the follow-up study of a national cohort of Gulf War and Gulf War era Veterans (Wave 3). In Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Survey Research Methods Section. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association. 3996-4010.
Coughlin SS, McNeil RB, Provenzale DT, Dursa EK, Thomas CM. Method issues in epidemiological studies of medically unexplained symptom-based conditions in Veterans. J Mil Veterans Health 2013; 21: 4-10.
Kang HK, Mahan CM, Li B, Eisen SA, Engel CC. Longitudinal health study of U.S. 1991 Gulf War Veterans: Changes in health status at 10-year follow-up [Reply to letter of Delcher C, Wang Y]. Am J Epidemiol 2012; 175: 473-474.
Li B, Mahan CM, Kang HK, Eisen SA, Engel CC. Longitudinal health study of U.S. 1991 Gulf War Veterans: Changes in health status at 10-year follow-up. Am J Epidemiol 2011; 174:761-768.
Coughlin SS, Kang HK, Mahan CM. Alcohol use and selected health conditions of 1991 Gulf War Veterans: Survey results, 2003-2005. Prev Chronic Dis 2011; 8: A52.
Coughlin SS, Kang HK, Mahan CM. Selected health conditions among overweight, obese, and non-obese Veterans of the 1991 Gulf War: Results from a survey conducted in 2003-2005. The Open Epidemiology Journal 2011; 4:140-146.
Young HA, Maillard JD, Levine PH, Simmens SJ, Mahan CM, Kang HK. Investigating the risk of cancer in 1990-1991 U.S. Gulf War Veterans with the use of state cancer registry data. Ann Epidemiol 2010; 20:265-272.
Barth SK, Kang HK, Bullman TA, Wallin MT. Neurological mortality among U.S. Veterans of the Persian Gulf War: 13-year follow-up. Am J Ind Med 2009;52:663-670.
Wallin MT, Wilken J, Alfaro MH, Rogers C, Mahan CM, Chapman JC, Fratto T, Sullivan C, Kang HK, Kane R. Neuropsychologic assessment of a population-based sample of Gulf War Veterans. Cog Behav Neurol 2009;22:155-166.
Kang HK, Li B, Mahan CM, Eisen SA, Engel CC. Health of U.S. Veterans of 1991 Gulf War: A follow-up survey in 10 years. J Occup Environ Med 2009;51:401-410.
Toomey R, Kang HK, Karlinsky J, Baker D, Vasterling J, Alpern R, Reda D, Henderson W, Murphy F, Eisen S. Mental health of U.S. Gulf War Veterans 10 years after the war. British J Psychiatry 2007;190:385-393.
Levine PH, Richardson PK, Zolfaghari L, Cleary SD, Geist CE, Potolicchio S, Young HA, Simmens S, Schessel D, Williams K, Mahan CM, Kang HK. A study of Gulf War Veterans with a possible deployment-related syndrome. Arch Environ Occup Health 2006;61:271-278.
Gray GC, Kang HK. Healthcare utilization and mortality among Veterans of the Gulf War. Phil Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2006;361:553-569.
Eisen SA, Karlinsky J, Jackson LW, Blanchard M, Kang HK, Murphy FM, Alpern R, Reda DJ, Toomey R, Battistone MJ, Parks BJ, Klimas N, Pak HS, Hunter J, Lyons MJ, Henderson WG. Spouses of Persian Gulf War I Veterans: Medical evaluation of a U.S. cohort. Mil Med 2006;171:613-618.
Gackstetter GD, Hooper TI, DeBakey SF, Johnson A, Nagaraj BE, Heller JM, Kang HK. Fatal motor vehicle crashes among Veterans of the 1991 Gulf War and exposure to munitions demolitions at Khamisiyah: A nested case control study. Am J Ind Med 2006;49:261-270.
Hooper TI, DeBakey SF, Bellis KS, Kang HK, Cowan DN, Lincoln AE, Gackstetter GD. Understanding the effect of deployment on the risk of fatal motor vehicle crashes: A nested case-control study of fatalities in Gulf War era Veterans, 1991-1995. Accid Anal Prev 2006;38:518-525.
Lincoln AE, Helmer DA, Schneiderman AI, Li M, Copeland HL, Prisco MK, Wallin MT, Kang HK, Natelson BH. The War-Related Illness and Injury Study Centers: A resource for deployment-related health concerns. Mil Med 2006;171:577-585.
Lincoln AE, Hooper TI, Kang HK, DeBakey, SF, Cowan DN, Gackstetter GD. Motor vehicle fatalities among Gulf War era Veterans: Characteristics, mechanisms and circumstances. Traffic Inj Prev 2006;7:31-37.
Blanchard MS, Eisen SA, Alpern R, Karlinsky J, Toomey R, Reda DJ, Murphy FM, Jackson LW, Kang HK. Chronic multisymptom illness complex in Gulf War I Veterans 10 years later. Am J Epidemiol 2006;163:66-75.
Miller R, Costigan DJ, Young HA, Kang HK, Dalager N, Mathes RW, Crawford HC, Page WF, Thaul S. Patterns of health care seeking of Gulf War registry members prior to deployment. Mil Med 2006;171:370-375.
Bullman TA, Mahan CM, Kang HK, Page WF. Mortality in U.S. Army Gulf War Veterans exposed to 1991 Khamisiyah chemical munitions destruction. Am J Public Health 2005;95:1382-1388.
Eisen SA, Kang HK, Murphy FM, Blanchard MS, Reda DJ, Henderson WG, Toomey R, Jackson LW, Alpern R, Parks BJ, Klimas N, Hall C, Pak HS, Hunter J, Karlinsky J,, Battistone MJ, Lyons MJ. Gulf War Veterans’ health: Medical evaluation of a U.S. cohort. Ann Intern Med 2005;142:881-890.
Hooper TI, DeBakey SF, Lincoln AE, Kang HK, Cowan DN, Gackstetter GD. Leveraging existing databases to study vehicle crashes in a combat occupational cohort: Epidemiologic methods. Am J Ind Med 2005;48:118-127.
Kang HK, Dalager NA, Mahan CM, Ishii E. The role of sexual assault on the risk of PTSD among Gulf War Veterans. Ann Epidemiol 2005;15:191-195.
Levine PH, Young HA, Simmens SJ, Rentz D, Kofie VE, Mahan CM, Kang HK. Is testicular cancer related to Gulf War Deployment? Evidence from a pilot population-based study of Gulf War era Veterans and cancer registries. Mil Med 2005;170:149-153.
Mahan CM, Page WF, Bullman TA, Kang HK. Health effects in Army Gulf War Veterans possibly exposed to chemical munitions destruction at Khamisiyah, Iraq: Part I. Morbidity associated with potential exposure. Mil Med 2005;170:935-944.
Page WF, Mahan CM, Kang HK, Bullman TA. Health effects in Army Gulf War Veterans possibly exposed to chemical munitions destruction at Khamisiyah, Iraq: Part II. Morbidity associated with notification of potential exposure. Mil Med 2005;170:945-951.
Davis LE, Eisen SA, Murphy FM, Alpern R, Parks BJ, Blanchard M, Reda DJ, King MK, Mithen FA, Kang HK. Clinical and laboratory assessment of distal peripheral nerves in Gulf War Veterans and spouses. Neurology 2004;63:1070-1077.
Gray GC, Gackstetter GD, Kang HK, Graham JT, Scott KC. After more than 10 years of Gulf War Veteran medical evaluations, what have we learned? Am J Prev Med 2004;26:443-452.
Karlinsky JB, Blanchard M, Alpern R, Eisen SA, Kang HK, Murphy FM, Reda D. Late prevalence of respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function abnormalities in Gulf War I Veterans. Arch Intern Med 2004;164:2488–2491.
Mahan CM, Kang HK, Dalager NA, Heller JM. Anthrax vaccination and self-reported symptoms, functional status, and medical conditions in the National Health Survey of Gulf War Era Veterans and Their Families. Ann Epidemiol 2004;14:81–88.
Schneiderman AI, Lincoln AE, Curbow BA, Kang HK. Variations in health communication needs among combat Veterans. Am J Public Health 2004;94:2074-2076.
Smith TC, Jimenez DL, Smith B, Gray GC, Hooper TI, Gackstetter GD, Heller JM, Dalager NA, Kang HK, Hyams KC, Ryan MA. The postwar hospitalization experience of Gulf War Veterans participating in U.S. health registries. J Occup Environ Med 2004;46:386–397.
Hallman WK, Kipen HM, Diefenbach M, Boyd K, Kang H, Leventhal H, Wartenberg D. Sypmtom patterns among Gulf War registry Veterans. Am J Public Health 2003;93:624–630.
Kang HK, Natelson BH, Mahan CM, Lee KY, Murphy FM. Post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic fatigue syndrome-like illness among Gulf War veterans: A population based survey of 30,000 veterans. Am J Epidemiol 2003;157:141–148.
Young HA, Simmens SJ, Kang HK, Mahan CM, Levine PH. Factor analysis of fatiguing syndrome in Gulf War era veterans: implications for etiology and pathogenesis. J Occup Environ Med 2003;45:1268–1273.
DeBakey S, Paxton M, Weaver R, Lange J, Cowan D, Kang H, et al. Risk of motor vehicle fatality associated with prior morbidity among Gulf War era Veterans. Ann Epidemiol 2002;12: 509.
Gackstetter GD, DeBakey S, Cowan D, et al. Fatal motor vehicle crashes among Veterans of the Gulf War era: A nested case-control study. Ann Epidemiol 2002;12:509–510.
Kang HK, Bullman TA, Macfarlane GJ, Gray GC. Mortality among U.S. and U.K. Veterans of the Persian Gulf War: A review. Occup Environ Med 2002;59:794–799.
Kang HK, Mahan CM, Lee KY, Murphy FM, Simmens SJ, Young HA, Levine PH. Evidence for a deployment-related Gulf War syndrome by factor analysis. Arch Environ Health 2002;57:61-68.
Kang HK, Bullman TA. Mortality among U.S. Veterans of the Gulf War: 7-year follow-up. Am J Epidemiol 2001;154:399–405.
Kang HK, Magee C, Mahan C, Lee K, Murphy F, Jackson L, Matanoski G. Pregnancy outcomes among U.S. Gulf War Veterans: A population-based survey of 30,000 veterans. Ann Epidemiol 2001;11:504–511.
Kang HK, Mahan CM, Lee KY, Magee CA, Murphy FM. Illnesses among United States Veterans of the Gulf War: A population-based survey of 30,000 veterans. J Occup Environ Med 2000;42:491–501.
Gray GC, Hawksworth AW, Smith TC, Kang HK, Knoke JD, Gackstetter GD. Gulf War Veterans’ Health Registries. Who is most likely to seek evaluation? Am J Epidemiol 1998;148:343–349.
Kipen HM, Hallman W, Kang HK, Fiedler N, Natelson BH. Prevalence of chronic fatigue and chemical sensitivities in Gulf registry Veterans. Arch Environ Health 1999;54:313–318.
Murphy FM, Kang HK, Dalager NA, Lee KY, Allen RE, Mathers SH, Kizer KW. The health status of Gulf War Veterans: Lessons learned from the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Registry. Mil Med 1999;164:327–331.
Kang HK, Bullman TA. Counterpoint: Negligible "healthy-warrior effect" on Gulf War Veterans' mortality. Am J Epidemiol 1998;148:324–325.
Gray GC, Coate BD, Anderson CM, Kang HK, Berg SW, Wignall FS, Knoke JD, Barrett-Connor E. The postwar hospitalization experience of U.S. Veterans of the Persian Gulf War. N Engl J Med 1996;335:1505–1513.
Kang HK, Bullman TA. Mortality among U.S. Veterans of the Persian Gulf War. N Engl J Med 1996;335:1498–1504.
Blanck RR, Hiatt J, Hyams KC, Kang HK, et al. Unexplained illnesses among Desert Storm Veterans: A search for causes, treatment, and cooperation. Arch Intern Med 1995;155:262–268.

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Vietnam War Veterans

Cypel YS, DePhilippis D, Davey VJ. Substance Use in U.S. Vietnam War Era Veterans and Nonveterans: Results from the Vietnam Era Health Retrospective Observational Study. Subst Use Misuse 2023; 1-13.
Davey VJ, Akhtar FZ, Cypel Y, Culpepper WJ, Ishii EK, Morley SW, Schneiderman AI. Blue Water Navy Veterans of the Vietnam War: Comparisons from the Vietnam Era Health Retrospective Observational Study (VE-HEROeS). JMVH 2023; 31: 55-72.
Cypel Y, Schnurr PP, Schneiderman AI, Culpepper WJ, Akhtar FZ, Morley SW, Fried DA, Ishii EK, Davey VJ. The mental health of Vietnam theater Veterans-the lasting effects of the war: 2016-2017 Vietnam Era Health Retrospective Observational Study. J Trauma Stress 2022; 35: 605-618.
Blosnich JR, Hilgeman MM., Cypel YS, Akhtar FZ, Fried D, Ishii EK, Schneiderman A, Davey VJ. Potentially traumatic events and health among lesbian, gay, bisexual and heterosexual Vietnam veterans: Results from the Vietnam Era Health Retrospective Observational Study. Psychol Trauma 2021.
Cypel Y, Schnurr P, Bossarte R, Culpepper W, Schneiderman A, Akhtar F, Morley S, Davey V. The mental health of older veterans ages 58-99 years: 2016-2017 VE-HEROeS findings. Innovation in Aging 2020; 4: 170.
Hilgeman M, Blosnich J, Cypel Y, Akhtar F, Schneiderman A, Ishii E, Fried D, Davey V. Perceived cognitive ability in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and heterosexual Vietnam era Veterans. Innovation in Aging 2020; 4:311.
Cypel Y, Hines SE, Davey VJ, Eber SM, Schneiderman AI. Spirometric Pulmonary Restriction in Herbicide-Exposed U.S. Vietnam War Veterans. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019: 16.
Fales AS, Cypel YS, Dunn ME, Truelove AL, Ishii EK, Schneiderman AI, Davey VJ. Qualitative interviewing: Testing health surveys among Vietnam War Veterans at the age of 70 years. Sage Open 2019; 1-13.
Bullman T, Schneiderman A. Comorbidity risks of a cohort of Vietnam Veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. J of Military and Veterans' Health 2018: 26: 29-36.
Cypel YS, Hines SE, Davey VJ, Eber SM, Schneiderman AI. Self-reported physician-diagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and spirometry patterns in Vietnam Era US Army Chemical Corps Veterans: A retrospective cohort study. Am J Ind Med 2018.
Cypel YS, Kress AM, Eber SM, Schneiderman AI, Davey VJ. Herbicide exposure, Vietnam service, and hypertension risk in Army Chemical Corps Veterans . J Occup Environ Med 2016; 58:1127-1136.
Cypel Y, Kang H. Mortality patterns of Army Chemical Corps Veterans who were occupationally exposed to herbicides in Vietnam. Ann Epidemiol 2010;20:339-346.
Kang HK, Dalager NA, Needham LL, Patterson DG, Lees PSJ, Yates K, Matanoski GM. Health status of Army Chemical Corps Vietnam Veterans who sprayed defoliant in Vietnam. Am J Ind Med 2006;49:875-884.
Kang HK, Dalager NA, Needham LL, Patterson DG, Matanoski GM, Kanchanaraksa S, Lees PS. U.S. Army Chemical Corps Vietnam Veterans health study: Preliminary results. Chemosphere 2001;43:943–949.
Dalager ND, Kang HK. Mortality among Army Chemical Corps Vietnam Veterans. Am J Ind Med 1997;31:719–726.
Mahan CM, Bullman TA, Kang HK, Selvin S. A case-control study of lung cancer among Vietnam Veterans. J Occup Environ Med 1997;39:740-747.
Bullman TA, Kang HK. Posttraumatic stress disorder and the risk of traumatic death among Vietnam Veterans. In C. Fullerton & R. Ursano (Eds.), Posttraumatic stress disorder, acute and long-term responses to trauma and disaster. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Press 1997.
Watanabe KK, Kang HK. Mortality patterns among Vietnam Veterans: 24-year retrospective analysis. J Occup Environ Med 1996;38:272–278.
Dalager NA, Kang HK, Burt VL, Weatherbee L. Hodgkin's disease and Vietnam service. Ann Epidemiol 1995;5:400–406.
Watanabe KK, Kang HK. Military service in Vietnam and the risk of death from trauma and selected cancers. Ann Epidemiol 1995;5:407–412.
Bullman TA, Watanabe KK, Kang HK. Risk of testicular cancer associated with surrogate measures of Agent Orange exposure among Vietnam Veterans on the Agent Orange Registry. Ann Epidemiol 1994;4:11–16.
Bullman TA, Kang HK. Posttraumatic stress disorder and the risk of traumatic deaths among Vietnam Veterans. J Nerv Ment Dis 1994;182:604–610.
Kang HK. Dioxin, health effects, handbook of hazardous materials. Academic Press, 1993.
Dalager NA, Kang HK, Burt VL, Weatherbee L. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma among Vietnam Veterans. J Occup Med 1991;33:774–779.
Kang HK, Watanabe KK, Breen J, Remmers J, Conomos MG, Stanley J, Flicker M. Dioxins and dibenzofurans in adipose tissue of U.S. Vietnam Veterans and controls. Am J Public Health 1991;81:344–349.
Watanabe KK, Kang HK, Thomas TL. Mortality among Vietnam Veterans: With methodological considerations. J Occup Med 1991;33:780–785.
Bullman TA, Kang HK, Thomas TL. Posttraumatic stress disorder among Vietnam Veterans on the Agent Orange Registry: A case-control analysis. Ann Epidemiol 1991;1: 505–512.
Bullman TA, Kang HK, Watanabe KK. Proportionate mortality among U.S. Army Vietnam Veterans who served in Military Region I. Am J Epidemiol 1990;132:670–674.
Thomas TL, Kang HK. Mortality and morbidity among Army Chemical Corps Vietnam Veterans: a preliminary report. Am J Ind Med 1990;18:665–673.
Breslin P, Kang HK, Lee Y, Burt V, Shepard BM. Proportionate mortality study of U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps Veterans of the Vietnam War. J Occup Med 1988;30:412–419.
Shepard BM, Kang HK, Enzinger FM, Hobson LB. The risk of soft tissue sarcoma in veterans of the Vietnam conflict. In AL Young & GM Reggiani (Eds.), Agent Orange and its associated dioxin: Assessment of a controversy. Elsevier Science Publications, 1988.
Kang HK, Enzinger F, Breslin P, Feil M, Lee Y, Shepard B. Soft tissue sarcoma and military service in Vietnam: A case-control study. J Natl Cancer Inst 1987;79:693–699.
Kang HK, Breslin PP. Effects of the military draft on mortality. N Engl J Med 1986;315: 453-454.
Kang HK, Weatherbee L, Breslin PP, Lee Y, Shepard BM. Soft tissue sarcomas and military service in Vietnam: A case comparison group analysis of hospital patients. J Occup Med 1986;28: 1215–1218.
Young AL, Kang HK, Shepard BM. Rationale and description of the federally sponsored epidemiological research in the United States on the phenoxy herbicides. In G. Choudhary, L.H. Keith & C. Rappe (Eds.), Chlorinated dioxins and dibenzofurans in the total environment II. Boston, Mass.: Butterworth Publishers, 1985:155-166.
Kang HK, Shepard BM, Young AL. Health effects of Agent Orange exposure. In Occupational Medicine Current Concepts 7, No. 3. New York State Department of Health,1984.
Young AL, Kang HK, Shepard AL. Chlorinated dioxins as herbicide contaminants. Environmental Science and Technology 1983;17:530A–540A.

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Women Vietnam War Veterans

Weitlauf JC, Cypel YS, Davey VJ.Mortality of Women Vietnam War-Era Veterans. Womens Health Issues. 2023.
Smith BN, Spiro A, Frayne SM, Kimerling R, Cypel Y, Reinhard MJ, Kilbourne AM, Magruder KM. Impact of Wartime Stress Exposures and Mental Health on Later-Life Functioning and Disability in Vietnam-Era Women Veterans: Findings from The Health of Vietnam-Era Women's Study (HealthViEWS). Psychosom Med. 2019.
Schmidt EM, Magruder K, Kilbourne AM, Stock EM, Cypel Y, El Burai Félix S, Serpi T, Kimerling R, Cohen B, Spiro A, Furey J, Huang GD, Frayne SM. Four Decades after War: Incident Diabetes among Women Vietnam-Era Veterans in the HealthViEWS Study. Womens Health Issues. 2019: 29: 471-479.
Kilbourne AM, Schumacher K, Frayne SM, Cypel Y, Barbaresso MM, Nord KM, Perzhinsky J, Lai Z, Pernovost K, Spiro A, Gleason TC, Kimerling R, Huang GD, Serpi TB, Magruder KM. Physical Health Conditions Among a Population-Based Cohort of Vietnam-Era Women Veterans: Agreement Between Self-Report and Medical Records. J Womens Health 2017.
Sternke LM, Serpi T, Spiro A 3rd, Kimerling R, Kilbourne AM, Cypel Y, Frayne SM, Furey J, Huang GD, Reinhard MJ, Magruder K. Assessment of a Revised Wartime Experiences Scale for Vietnam-Era Women: The Health of Vietnam-Era Women's Study (HealthViEWS). Womens Health Issues 2017.
Magruder K, Serpi T, Kimerling R, Kilbourne, AM, Collins JF, Cypel, Y, Frayne SM, Furey J, Huang, GD, Gleason T, Reinhard MJ, Spiro A, Kang H. Prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder in Vietnam-era women Veterans: The Health of Vietnam-Era Women's Study (HealthVIEWS). JAMA Psychiatry 2015; 72: 1127-1134.
Kimerling R, Serpi T, Weathers F, Kilbourne AM, Kang H, Collins JF, Cypel Y, Frayne SM, Furey J, Huang GD, Reinhard MJ, Spiro A, Magruder K. Diagnostic accuracy of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI 3.0) PTSD module among female Vietnam-era Veterans. J Trauma Stress 2014; 27:160–167.
Kang HK, Cypel Y, Kilbourne AM, Magruder KM, Serpi T, Collins JF, Frayne SM, Furey J, Huang GD, Kimerling R, Reinhard MJ, Schumacher K, Spiro A 3rd. HealthViEWS: Mortality study of female U.S. Vietnam era Veterans, 1965-2010. Am J Epidemiol 2014; 179:721–730.
Cypel Y, Kang H. Mortality patterns among women Vietnam-era Veterans: Results of a retrospective cohort study. Ann Epidemiol 2008;18:244–252.
Kang HK, Mahan CM, Lee KY, Magee CA, Mather SH, Matanoski G. Pregnancy outcomes among U.S. women Vietnam Veterans. Am J Ind Med 2000;38:447–454.
Kang HK, Mahan CM, Lee KY, Magee CA, Selvin S. Prevalence of gynecologic cancers among female Vietnam Veterans. J Occup Environ Med 2000;42:1121–1127.
Dalager NA, Kang HK, Thomas TL. Cancer mortality patterns among women who served in the military: The Vietnam experience. J Occup Med 1995;37:298–305.
Thomas TL, Kang HK, Dalager NA. Mortality among women Vietnam Veterans, 1973–1987. Am J Epi 1991;134:973–980.

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Suicide risk

Hoffmire, CA, Donovan, ML, Ryan, AT, Brenner, LA, Vogt, D, Maguen, S, Schneiderman, A, Miller, CN, Foster, JE. Perceived Social Support Moderates the Relations Between Mental Health Symptoms and Current Suicidal Ideation. Psychol Serv 2024.
Bullman TA, Akhtar FZ, Morley SW, Weitlauf JC, Cypel YS, Culpepper WJ, Schneiderman AI, Britton PC, Davey VJ. Suicide Risk Among US Veterans with Military Service During the Vietnam War.JAMA Netw Open 2023; 6.
Maguen S, Griffin B, Vogt D, Hoffmire C, Blosnich J, Bernhard P, Akhtar F, Cypel Y, Schneiderman A. Moral injury and peri- and post-military suicide attempts among post-9/11 Veterans. Psychol Med 2022; 17: 1-10
Holliday R, Forster JE, Desai A, Miller C, Monteith LL, Schneiderman AI, Hoffmire CA. Association of lifetime homelessness and justice involvement with psychiatric symptoms, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempt among post-9/11 Veterans. J Psychiatr Res 2021; 144: 455-461.
Bullman and Schneiderman. Risk of suicide among U.S. veterans who deployed as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation New Dawn. Inj Epidemiol 2021.
Blosnich JR, Garfin DR, Maguen S, Vogt D, Dichter ME, Hoffmire CA, Bernhard PA, Schneiderman A. Differences in childhood adversity, suicidal ideation, and suicide attempt among veterans and nonveterans. Am Psychol 2021; 76: 284-299.
Bullman T, Schneiderman A. Suicide Risk Among U.S. Peacekeepers Serving in the Bosnia/Kosovo Theater, 1996-2002. Am J Epidemiol 2019.
Bullman T, Schneiderman A, Gradus JL. Relative Importance of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression in Predicting Risk of Suicide among a Cohort of Vietnam Veterans.. Suicide Life Threat Behav 2019; 49: 838-845.
Bullman T, Schneiderman A, Bossarte R. Suicide risk by unit component among Veterans who served in Iraq or Afghanistan. Arch Suicide Res 2018; 22: 1-10.
Reger MA, Smolenski DJ, Skopp NA, Metzger-Abamukong MJ, Kang HK, Bullman TA, Gahm GA. Suicide risk among wounded U.S. service members. Suicide Life Threat Behav 2017; 47: 242-247.
Bullman T, Hoffmire C, Schneiderman A, Bossarte R. Time dependent gender differences in suicide risk among Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans. Ann Epidemiol 2015; 25: 964-965.
Reger MA, Smolenski DJ, Skopp NA, Metzger-Abamukang MJ, Kang HK, Bullman TA, Perdue S, Gahm GA. Risk of suicide among U.S. military service members following Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom deployment and separation from the U.S. military. JAMA Psychiatry 2015; 72: 561-569.
Kang HK, Bullman TA, Smolenski DJ, Skopp NA, Gahm GA, Reger MA. Suicide risk among 1.3 million Veterans who were on active duty during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Ann Epidemiol 2015; 25: 96-100.
Kang HK, Bullman TA. Department of Veterans Affairs response to risk of suicide for Veterans. In J. Amara & A.M. Hendricks (Eds.), Military Health Care from pre-deployment to post-separation. New York, N.Y.: Routledge, 2013.
Kang HK, Bullman TA. Is there an epidemic of suicides among current and former U.S. military personnel? Ann Epidemiol 2009;19:757-760.
Kang HK, Bullman TA. Risk of suicide among U.S. Veterans after returning from the Iraq or Afghanistan war zones. JAMA 2008; 300: 652-653.
Bullman TA, Kang HK. The risk of suicide among wounded Vietnam Veterans. Am J Public Health 1996;86:662–667.
Bullman TA, Kang HK. A study of suicide among Vietnam Veterans. Federal Practitioner 1995;12:9–13.
Farberow NL, Kang HK, Bullman TA. Combat experience and postservice psychosocial status as predictor of suicide in Vietnam Veterans. J Nerv Ment Dis 1990;178:32–37.

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Radiation exposure

Dalager NA, Kang HK, Mahan CM. Cancer mortality among the highest exposed U.S. atmospheric nuclear test participants. J Occup Env Med 2000;42:798–805.
Kang HK, Bullman TA, Mahan CM. A mortality follow-up study of WW II submariners who received nasopharyngeal radium irradiation treatment. Am J Ind Med 2000;38:441–446.
Kang HK. Feasibility of an epidemiologic study of submariners who received radium irradiation treatment. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1996;115:433–437.
Watanabe KK, Kang HK, Dalager NA. Cancer mortality risk among military participants of a 1958 atmospheric nuclear weapons test. Am J Public Health 1995;85:523–527.

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Mustard gas exposure

Bullman TA, Kang HK. A fifty year mortality follow-up of Veterans exposed to low level chemical warfare agent, mustard gas. Ann Epidemiol 2000;10:333–338.

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Methodology, summary, or other

Reinhard MJ, Chester JE, Breneman CB, Samuel IBH, Prisco MK, Vincent TD, Rumm PD, Smith SR, Barrett JP. A Cross-sectional Cohort Study to Assess Long-term Neurocognitive and Psychiatric Symptoms of Mefloquine Use in Veterans. Mil Med 2022.
Karagas MR, Wang A, Dorman DC, Hall AL, Pi J, Sergi CM, Symanski E, Ward EM, Arrandale VH, Azuma K, Brambila E, Calaf GM, Fritz JM, Fukushima S, Gaitens JM, Grimsrud TK, Guo L, Lynge E, Marinho-Reis AP, McDiarmid MA, Middleton DRS, Ong TP, Polya DA, Quintanilla-Vega B, Roberts GK, Santonen T, Sauni R, Silva MJ, Wild P, Zhang CW, Zhang Q, Grosse Y, Benbrahim-Tallaa L, de Conti A, DeBono NL, El Ghissassi F, Madia F, Reisfeld B, Stayner LT, Suonio E, Viegas S, Wedekind R, Ahmadi S, Mattock H, Gwinn WM, Schubauer-Berigan MK. Carcinogenicity of cobalt, antimony compounds, and weapons-grade tungsten alloy. Lancet Oncol 2022.
Oliver K, Iser J, Brumage M, Lushiak B. The power of prevention: Prevention and preparedness in public health. Am J Prev Med 2022; 64: 650-642.
Cypel, YS, Katon, JG, Schure, MB, Smith S. Food insecurity in US military veterans. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 2020; 41:399-423.
Bullman T, Schneiderman A. Mortality experience of US veterans following service as international peacekeepers in Bosnia/Kosovo theater, 1996-2002. Cancer Epidemiol 2019.
Coughlin SS, editor. Post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic health conditions. Washington, D.C.: American Public Health Association, 2012.
Coughlin SS. Post-traumatic stress disorder and cardiovascular disease. Open Cardiovasc Med J 2011;5:164-170.
Kang HK, Bullman TA. Mortality follow-up of Veterans who particpated in military chemical and biological warfare agent testing between 1962 and 1972. J Toxicol Environ Health A 2009;72:1550-1552.
Street AE, Stafford J, Mahan CM, Hendricks A. Sexual harassment and assault experienced by reservists during military service: Prevalence and health correlates. J Rehabil Res Dev 2008;45:409-420.
Liu X, Engel Jr CC, Kang HK, Armstrong DW. Veterans and functional status transitions in older Americans. Mil Med 2006;171:942-949.
Kang HK, Bullman TA, Taylor JW. Risk of selected cardiovascular diseases and posttraumatic stress disorder among former World War II Prisoners of War. Ann Epidemiol 2006;16:381-386.
Page WF, Mahan CM, Kang HK. Vital status ascertainment through the files of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Social Security Administration. Ann Epidemiol 1996;6:102–109.
Bullman TA, Kang HK. The effects of mustard gas, ionizing radiation, herbicides, trauma, and oil smoke on U.S. military personnel: The results of Veteran studies. Annu Rev Public Health 1994;15:69–90.
Kang HK. Resources for epidemiologic research in Vietnam era Veteran populations within the Department of Veterans Affairs. In Epidemiology in military and Veteran populations Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 1991:97-103.
Kang HK, Thomas TL. National sources of vital status information: Extent of coverage and possible selectivity in reporting [Letter to the editor]. Am J Epidemiol 1990;132:1196–1197.

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