Veteran Status as a Screening Device during the Vietnam Era'

The Vietnam Era Twin (VET) Registry: ascertainment bias.

An examination of ascertainment bias in identification of twin pairs in the Vietnam Era Twin Registry has been conducted. A complete listing of all male-male Vietnam era veteran twin pairs born in Connecticut between 1939 and 1955 was obtained (N = 150). An attempt was made to match these pairs with a listing of Vietnam era veteran twin pairs derived from the United States Department of Defense...

Wine Grape Trellis and Training Systems for the San Joaquin Valley

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Title: Prevalence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Aging Vietnam-era Veterans: VA Cooperative Study #569, The Course and Consequences of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Vietnam-era Veteran Twins Short Running Title: Prevalence of PTSD in Aging Vietnam-era Veterans

The Vietnam Era Twin (VET) Registry: method of construction.

A Vietnam Era (1964-1975) Twin Registry of American male-male veterans born between 1939 and 1955 has been developed to provide a study sample for research evaluating the impact of Vietnam service on the medical and psychosocial aspects of health. In preparation for developing the Registry, several alternative sources of twins and methods for identifying twins were investigated. A computerized ...

Factorial invariance of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms across three veteran samples.

Research generally supports a 4-factor structure of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. However, few studies have established factor invariance by comparing multiple groups. This study examined PTSD symptom structure using the Davidson Trauma Scale (DTS) across three veteran samples: treatment-seeking Vietnam-era veterans, treatment-seeking post-Vietnam-era veterans, and Operation En...