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Title: Cohort R17: Mustard Gas
Summary: Army and Veterans Administration records were used to investigate the possible significance of influenza and mustard-gas poisoning in the etiology of lung cancer. Three groups of World War I Army veterans were traced for mortality from 1919-1955; 1,855 men who had pneumonia during the influenza pandemic, 2,718 men who were hospitalized for mustard-gas poisoning in 1918, and a control group of 2,578 soldiers who had wounds of the extremities.
References:
Beebe GW. Lung Cancer in WWI Veterans: Possible Relation to Mustard-Gas Injury and 1918 Influenza Epidemic. J Natl Cancer Inst, 1960, 25(6): 1231-52.
Keywords: mustard gas; pneumonia; lung cancer; carcinoma
Cohort Characteristics: 7,150 total records
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Data item |
Mustard
(n=2,718) |
Pneumonia
(n=1,855) |
Comparison
(n=2,578) |
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Military service number |
99% complete |
98% complete |
99% complete |
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VA claim folder number |
95% complete |
91% complete |
95% complete |
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Name: |
100% complete |
100% complete |
100% complete |
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Date of birth: |
99% complete |
99% complete |
98% complete |
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Date of death: |
22% complete |
20% complete |
23% complete |
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Branch of Service: |
100% complete |
100% complete |
100% complete |
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Rank: |
100% complete |
100% complete |
100% complete |
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Last Updated: 8/15/2005, 01:29 PM
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