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Long-term health effects of Vietnam-Era military service : a quasi-experiment using Australian conscription lotteries

Johnston, David; Shields, Michael; Siminski, Peter - 2015

This paper estimates the long-term health effects of Vietnam-Era military service using Australia's National conscription lotteries for identification. Our primary contribution is the quality and breadth of our health outcomes. We use several administrative sources, containing a near-universe of...

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The long-term impact of war on health and wellbeing in Northern Vietnam: Some glimpses from a recent survey

Teerawichitchainan, Bussarawan; Korinek, Kim - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 12, pp. 1995-2004

-dimensional measures of health among veterans and nonveterans, and within these groups, regardless of their military service, between … combatants and noncombatants. Multivariate results suggest that despite prolonged exposure to war, veterans and those who served … later in life. This is in contrast to American veterans who fought on the opposing side of the war. The near absence of …

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Long-Run Mortality Effects of Vietnam-Era Army Service : Evidence from Australia's Conscription Lotteries

Siminski, Peter; Ville, Simon P. - 2011

We estimate the effect of Vietnam-era Army service on mortality, exploiting Australia's conscription lotteries for identification. We utilize population data on deaths during 1994-2007 and military personnel records. The estimates are identified by over 51,000 compliers induced to enlist in the...

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Judge Advocates in Combat : Army Lawyers in Military Operations from Vietnam to Haiti

Behan, Christopher W - 2010

In "Judge Advocates in Combat: Army Lawyers in Military Operations from Vietnam to Haiti," Colonel (COL) Frederic Borch uses first hand accounts from JAG officers to tell the story of how the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps transformed from a garrison-type legal services in a...

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