The Health of Former Prisoners of War -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Summary -- BACKGROUND -- PURPOSE -- SELECTION OF STUDY GROUPS -- RESEARCH QUESTIONS -- THE IMPORTANCE OF A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE -- RESPONSE RATES AND THE REPRESENTATIVENESS OF THE SAMPLE -- METHODS -- FINDINGS -- 1 Background -- ORIGIN AND HISTORY -- ASSEMBLY OF STUDY ROSTERS -- EARLIER RESULTS -- REFERENCES -- 2 Data Collection Procedures -- DETAILS OF THE DATA COLLECTION PROCESS -- REFERENCES -- 3 Final Status of Data Collection -- REFERENCES -- 4 General Results -- REFERENCES -- 5 Examination of Basic Research Questions -- QUESTION A -- QUESTION B -- QUESTION C -- QUESTION D -- QUESTION E -- REFERENCES -- 6 Further Analyses of Examination Data -- REFERENCE -- 7 Review of Data Quality and Study Findings -- DATA QUALITY -- CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER REVIEW OF RESULTS -- REFERENCES -- 8 Literature Review and Further Discussion of Findings -- INFECTIOUS DISEASES -- MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS -- DIABETES -- OTHER ENDOCRINE DISEASES -- BLOOD DISEASES -- PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESSES (PSYCHOSES AND NEUROSES) -- DISEASE OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM (INCLUDING PERIPHERAL NERVE DISEASE) -- DISEASES OF THE SENSE ORGANS -- CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (INCLUDING HEART DISEASE, CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE, HYPERTENSION, AND OTHER CIRCULATORY DISEASES … -- ACUTE AND CHRONIC RESPIRATORY DISEASE -- DIGESTIVE DISEASES -- UROGENITAL DISEASES -- SKIN DISEASE -- ARTHRITIS AND OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES -- CONGENITAL CONDITIONS, SYMPTOMS AND ILL-DEFINED CONDITIONS, INJURY AND POISONING, AND FACTORS INFLUENCING HEALTH STATUS … -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 9 Future Work -- Appendixes -- A VA Circulars -- B List of Site Visits to VA Medical Facilities (with Map) -- C Detailed Diagnostic Data from the Medical Examination.