Abstract: Objectives: The risk of suicide among UK military veterans remains unclear. Few recent studies have been undertaken, and most studies found no clear evidence of …
Abstract: Introduction: Physical activity is an important component of military training. Although injuries and musculoskeletal disorders are the most common cause of medical …
Abstract: The objective of this study was to examine the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Scottish military veterans in comparison with people who had never served in …
Abstract: Introduction: The UK is the only permanent member of the UN Security Council that has a policy of recruiting 16 and 17 year old individuals into its regular Armed …
Abstract: Women in the UK military are more commonly diagnosed with a mental health disorder than men, but the reasons for this difference are not fully understood. This …
Abstract: Introduction: Recent attention has focused on veterans who have lost limbs in conflict, but the number of UK veterans who lose limbs to disease is unknown. We used data …
Abstract: Background: The ‘healthy worker effect’ predicts that longer employment is positively associated with reduced mortality, but few studies have examined mortality in …
Abstract: Introduction: Smoking is a major risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Serving military personnel have previously been shown to be more likely to …
Abstract: Background: Lymphohaematopoietic malignancies are common in the general population. There have been concerns that military service may be associated with increased risk …
Abstract: Purpose: Although suicide risk in veterans has been widely studied, there is little information on the risk of non-fatal self-harm in this population. We used data from …
This poster was exhibited at the 2018 Veterans Mental Health: From enlistment to retirement conference, which was organised and hosted by theKings Centre for Military Health …