scholarly journals The Long-Term Effects of Military Conscription on Mortality: Estimates from the Vietnam-era Draft Lottery

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalton Conley ◽  
Jennifer Heerwig
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Military Conscription ◽  
Vietnam Era ◽  
Draft Lottery ◽  
Mortality Estimates

scholarly journals Long-term Consequences of Vietnam-Era Conscription: New Estimates Using Social Security Data

2011 ◽  
Vol 101 (3) ◽  
pp. 334-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua D Angrist ◽  
Stacey H Chen ◽  
Jae Song
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Rapid Convergence ◽  
New Findings ◽  
Vietnam Era ◽  
Disability Status ◽  
Draft Lottery ◽  
Social Security Disability ◽  
The Impact

We use the draft lottery to construct instrumental variables (IV) estimates of the impact of Vietnam-era military service on veterans' Social Security (SSA) earnings through 2007. We also use SSA data to construct IV estimates for employment (as measured by an indicator for positive earnings) and disability status (as measured by an indicator for social security disability program application). New findings for recent years show surprisingly rapid convergence in veteran and nonveteran earnings: by the early 1990s, there was no longer a substantial Vietnam-era conscription penalty. The IV estimates also show no effect on employment or disability rates.

Long-term effects of coping with extreme stress: Longitudinal study of Vietnam-era repatriated prisoners of war

2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 680-690 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anica Pless Kaiser ◽  
Crystal L. Park ◽  
Lynda A. King ◽  
Daniel W. King ◽  
Jennifer Schuster ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Prisoners Of War ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Extreme Stress ◽  
Vietnam Era

Are There Long-Term Effects of the Vietnam Draft on Political Attitudes or Behavior? Apparently Not

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (02) ◽  
pp. 71-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald P. Green ◽  
Tiffany C. Davenport ◽  
Kolby Hanson
Keyword(s):  
Vietnam War ◽  
Political Attitudes ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Appreciable Effect ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Early Experiences ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Draft Lottery ◽  
Vietnam Draft

AbstractThe Vietnam draft lottery exposed millions of men to risk of induction at a time when the Vietnam War was becoming increasingly unpopular. We study the long-term effects of draft risk on political attitudes and behaviors of men who were eligible for the draft in 1969–1971. Our 2014–2016 surveys of men who were eligible for the Vietnam draft lotteries reveal no appreciable effect of draft risk across a wide range of political attitudes. These findings are bolstered by analysis of a vast voter registration database, which shows no differences in voting rates or tendency to register with the Democratic or Republican parties. The pattern of weak long-term effects is in line with studies showing that the long-term economic effects of Vietnam draft risk dissipated over time and offers a counterweight to influential observational studies that report long-term persistence in the effects of early experiences on political attitudes.

Ovarian Dysfunction in Fetally Irradiated Beagles

1977 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 658-659
Author(s):  
T. M. Seed ◽  
M. H. Sanderson ◽  
D. L. Gutzeit ◽  
T. E. Fritz ◽  
D. V. Tolle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Rays ◽  
Low Dose ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Ovarian Dysfunction ◽  
Dose Rates ◽  
Highly Sensitive ◽  
Microscopic Evaluation ◽  
Ovarian Pathology ◽  
Normal Offspring

The developing mammalian fetus is thought to be highly sensitive to ionizing radiation. However, dose, dose-rate relationships are not well established, especially the long term effects of protracted, low-dose exposure. A previous report (1) has indicated that bred beagle bitches exposed to daily doses of 5 to 35 R 60Co gamma rays throughout gestation can produce viable, seemingly normal offspring. Puppies irradiated in utero are distinguishable from controls only by their smaller size, dental abnormalities, and, in adulthood, by their inability to bear young.We report here our preliminary microscopic evaluation of ovarian pathology in young pups continuously irradiated throughout gestation at daily (22 h/day) dose rates of either 0.4, 1.0, 2.5, or 5.0 R/day of gamma rays from an attenuated 60Co source. Pups from non-irradiated bitches served as controls. Experimental animals were evaluated clinically and hematologically (control + 5.0 R/day pups) at regular intervals.

Ultrastructural investigations of MDL 19,660-induced effects on the canine platelet and megakaryocyte

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 374-375
Author(s):  
D.E. Loudy ◽  
J. Sprinkle-Cavallo ◽  
J.T. Yarrington ◽  
F.Y. Thompson ◽  
J.P. Gibson
Keyword(s):  
Antidepressant Drug ◽  
Beagle Dogs ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Platelet Counts ◽  
Toxicological Studies ◽  
Induced Aggregation ◽  
Internal Architecture

Previous short term toxicological studies of one to two weeks duration have demonstrated that MDL 19,660 (5-(4-chlorophenyl)-2,4-dihydro-2,4-dimethyl-3Hl, 2,4-triazole-3-thione), an antidepressant drug, causes a dose-related thrombocytopenia in dogs. Platelet counts started to decline after two days of dosing with 30 mg/kg/day and continued to decrease to their lowest levels by 5-7 days. The loss in platelets was primarily of the small discoid subpopulation. In vitro studies have also indicated that MDL 19,660: does not spontaneously aggregate canine platelets and has moderate antiaggregating properties by inhibiting ADP-induced aggregation. The objectives of the present investigation of MDL 19,660 were to evaluate ultrastructurally long term effects on platelet internal architecture and changes in subpopulations of platelets and megakaryocytes.Nine male and nine female beagle dogs were divided equally into three groups and were administered orally 0, 15, or 30 mg/kg/day of MDL 19,660 for three months. Compared to a control platelet range of 353,000- 452,000/μl, a doserelated thrombocytopenia reached a maximum severity of an average of 135,000/μl for the 15 mg/kg/day dogs after two weeks and 81,000/μl for the 30 mg/kg/day dogs after one week.

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