HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Full Text (PDF) Submit a response Purchase Article View Shopping Cart Alert me when this article is cited Alert me when eLetters are posted Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Goldberg, J Articles by Henderson, W G Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Goldberg, J Articles by Henderson, W G

A twin study of the effects of the Vietnam conflict on alcohol drinking patterns.

J Goldberg, S A Eisen, W R True and W G Henderson

School of Public Health, University of Illinois, Chicago 60680.

This study examines the association between military service in Southeast Asia and alcohol drinking patterns in 2,169 male-male monozygotic twin pairs who both served on active military duty during the Vietnam era (1965-75). Data on alcohol drinking were collected in 1987 by mail and telephone interview. The alcohol drinking measures include three indicators of abstention (lifetime abstainer, lifetime non-regular drinker, and current abstainer) and two indicators of consumption (average daily ethanol consumption and high consumption). In unadjusted and co-twin adjusted analyses, neither service in Southeast Asia nor combat exposure was significantly associated with any measure of abstention. In the co-twin adjusted analysis, there was no association of Southeast Asia service and combat exposure with average daily ethanol consumption. After adjustment for co-twin effects, 4.0 percent of non-Southeast Asia veterans were high consumers compared to 6.7 percent of Southeast Asia veterans who served in high combat. We conclude that prior military service in a war zone has a relatively modest long-term effect on the alcohol drinking patterns of male veterans.

This article has been cited by other articles:

				J. P. Wright, D. E. Carter, and F. T. Cullen A Life-Course Analysis of Military Service in Vietnam Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, February 1, 2005; 42(1): 55 - 83. [Abstract] [PDF]

				J. Campbell, C. Garcia-Moreno, and P. Sharps Abuse During Pregnancy in Industrialized and Developing Countries Violence Against Women, July 1, 2004; 10(7): 770 - 789. [Abstract] [PDF]

				N. Breslau, G. C. Davis, and L. R. Schultz Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and the Incidence of Nicotine, Alcohol, and Other Drug Disorders in Persons Who Have Experienced Trauma Arch Gen Psychiatry, March 1, 2003; 60(3): 289 - 294. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]