Publications

Jacobson IG, Ryan MAK, Hooper TI, Smith TC, Amoroso PJ, Boyko EJ, Gackstetter GD, Wells TS, Bell NS, for the Millennium Cohort Study Team. Alcohol use and alcohol-related problems before and after military combat deployment. Journal of the American Medical Association, 2008 Aug;300(6):663-75.

Findings suggest that Reserve and National Guard personnel and younger service members who deploy with reported combat exposures are at increased risk of new-onset heavy weekly drinking, binge drinking, and other alcohol-related problems.

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Smith B, Chu LK, Smith TC, Amoroso PJ, Boyko EJ, Hooper TI, Gackstetter GD, Ryan MAK, for the Millennium Cohort Study Team. Challenges of self-reported medical conditions and electronic medical records among members of a large military cohort. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2008 June, 8:37.

This report highlights the importance of assessing medical conditions from multiple electronic and self-reported sources.

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Smith TC, Wingard DL, Ryan MAK, Kritz-Silverstein D, Slymen DJ, Sallis JF, for the Millennium Cohort Study Team. Prior assault and posttraumatic stress disorder after combat deployment. Epidemiology, 2008 May;19(3):505-12.

In contrast to hypotheses that survival from trauma represents or confers resilience, these findings suggest vulnerability to combat stress and PTSD among survivors of prior assault.

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Wells TS, LeardMann CA, Smith TC, Smith B, Jacobson IG, Reed RJ, Ryan MAK, for the Millennium Cohort Study Team. Self-reported adverse health events following smallpox vaccination in a large prospective study of US military service members. Human Vaccines. 2008 Mar/Apr;4(2):127-33.

Smallpox vaccination was not associated with any adverse self-reported health outcomes, including mental
and physical functioning. These findings may be reassuring to health care providers and those who receive the smallpox vaccination.

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Wells TS, Jacobson IG, Smith TC, Spooner CN, Smith B, Reed RJ, Amoroso PJ, Ryan MAK, for the Millennium Cohort Study Team. Prior health care utilization as a determinant to enrollment in a 22-year prospective study, the Millennium Cohort Study. European Journal Of Epidemiology. 2008 Feb;23(2):79-87.

Few health differences between Millennium Cohort responders and non-responders were found when comparing healthcare utilization in the 12 months preceding study invitation.

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The Millennium Cohort Study is a Department of Defense research project at the DoD Center for Deployment Health Research, located in San Diego, California. Note DMDC Reference Number 00-0019, RCS Number DD-HA(AR)2106, OMB Approval Number 0720-0029, ASD/HA/TMA Protocol Number CDO-06-206, and Primary IRB Protocol Number NHRC.2000.0007