Military

Risk Factors for Disability Retirement Among Healthy Adults Joining the U.S., Army

Objective: From 2001 to 2006, the Army deployed over 717,000 personnel to Iraq and Afghanistan, with over 15,000 troops wounded. Little is known about the impact of military and demographic factors, particularly deployment, occupation, and pre-existing medical status, on disability retirement.

2011
Niebuhr, D. W.
Drampf, R. L.
Mayo, J. A.
Blandford, C. D.
Levin, L. I.
Cowan, D. N.

Risk Factors for Disability Retirement Among Healthy Adults Joining the U.S., Army

Risk factors for disability retirement were assessed using 2,453 disability cases compared to controls. Potential risk factors included sex, deployment status, military occupation, disqualification at accession, body mass index, age, education and race/ethnicity.

2011
Niebuhr, D. W.
Drampf, R. L.
Mayo, J. A.
Blandford, C. D.
Levin, L. I.
Cowan, D. N.