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Activity Number:
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590
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Type:
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Topic Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Thursday, August 6, 2009 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistics in Defense and National Security
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| Abstract - #304166 |
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Title:
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Epidemiological Studies in the Military
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Author(s):
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Rodney Sturdivant*+ and Robert Burks and Brett Owens and Jennifer Wolf and Ken Cameron
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Companies:
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U.S. Military Academy and U.S. Military Academy and William Beaumont Army Medical Center and University of Colorado Denver and Keller Army Hospital
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Address:
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155A Gardiner Loop, West Point, 10996,
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Keywords:
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epidemiology ; medicine ; poisson regression ; TBI
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Abstract:
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The Center for Data Analysis and Statistics (CDAS) at West Point has teamed with several military medical research groups to conduct studies of incidence for various medical problems of concern among military members. Using large quantities of data across all military services these studies have allowed us to identify important demographic factors in incidence of meniscus injuries, shoulder dislocations, DeQuervain's tenosynovitis and other common muscular-skeletal problems. We will also report on a similar ongoing study receiving a Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) grant involving the study of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the military over a ten year period. Given the importance and public health burden of TBI a study of this scope may offer a tremendous benefit to the medical community.
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