Journal article
The Draft Lottery and AIDS: Evidence against Increased Intravenous Drug Use by Vietnam-era Veterans
American journal of epidemiology, v 134(5), pp 522-525
01 Sep 1991
PMID: 1897508
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Abstract
To investigate whether intravenous drug use begun during military service might affect risk of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), the authors compared AIDS cases in men eligible to be drafted with those in men who were exempt in the Vietnamera draft lottery of 1970–1972. Draft-eligible men were less likely to develop AIDS attributed to intravenous drug use than were draft-exempt men (relative risk = 0.87; 95% confidence interval 0.80–0.95; p = 0.001). Other human immunodeficiency virus exposure categories showed no difference between the two groups. These results argue against increased intravenous drug use by Vietnam-era veterans.
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- Title
- The Draft Lottery and AIDS: Evidence against Increased Intravenous Drug Use by Vietnam-era Veterans
- Creators
- Norman Hearst - University of California, San FranciscoJames W. Buehler - Drexel University, Health Management and PolicyThomas B. Newman - University of California, San FranciscoGeorge W. Rutherford - Office of AIDS Research
- Publication Details
- American journal of epidemiology, v 134(5), pp 522-525
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1991GH06500012
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0025998319
- Other Identifier
- 991021895675404721
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