Self-Reported Reproductive Outcomes Among Male and Female 1991 Gulf War era US Military Veterans

Reproductive health of male Australian veterans of the 1991 Gulf War

“…Our finding of similar reporting of miscarriages by veterans and comparison group subjects contrasts with the higher rates of reported miscarriages in male US and UK veterans [2,3], but is consistent with findings in a further study of US veterans [4] and in veterans from Denmark [9], another country with a comparatively small Gulf War contingent. Similar reporting of stillbirths between study groups is consistent across several studies [2-4,9].…”

“…The findings of studies investigating reproductive health and the risk of reported birth defects [1-4] and specific types of birth defects [3,5-8] in offspring of veterans from several countries have been varied. Some adverse reproductive outcomes have been reported more commonly by US, UK and Canadian veterans compared with non-Gulf comparison groups, including miscarriages [1-3] and birth defects [1-3,7].…”

Evaluation of preterm births and birth defects in liveborn infants of US military women who received smallpox vaccine

“…Military-unique exposures, including deployments to wars, often cause great concern and resource-intensive research to address such concerns about birth defects among the children of military members (Erickson et al, 1984;Aschengrau and Monson, 1990;Briggs, 1995;Moehringer, 1995;Cowan et al, 1997;Kang et al, 2000;Araneta et al, 2003;Wells et al, 2006b;Doyle et al, 2006). The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between smallpox vaccination and preterm births, as well as smallpox vaccination and birth defects, among infants born to active-duty military women.…”

Health outcomes among infants born to women deployed to United States military operations during pregnancy

“…Concerns have included fertility problems, pregnancy losses, and having infants with birth defects (Araneta et al, 2004;Aschengrau and Monson, 1990;Briggs, 1995;Cowan et al, 1997;Doyle et al, 2004;Doyle et al, 2006;Kang et al, 2000;Kang et al, 2001;Ngo et al, 2006;Stellman et al, 1988;Wells et al, 2006). More recently, the deployments of U.S. troops in support of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have heightened reproductive health concerns among service members and their families.…”