OBJECTIVE Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a major cause of nontraumatic morbidity and mortality in military personnel. Most studies of the psychosocial impact of CAD have dealt with civilian populations. The purpose of this paper is to highlight differences between military and civilian populations with CAD in 4 areas: depression and anxiety, social support, return to work, and stress. METHO...

OBJECTIVES Quality of sleep (QoS) in individuals is affected by their occupation and is one of the factors affecting the quality of life (QoL). Few studies have evaluated the relationship between QoS and QoL in military women personnel. The aim of this study was to assess QoL and QoS, and compare their relationship among military and non-military women in Tehran. METHODS This cross-sectional ...

Influenza causes significant morbidity and mortality each year, with 2-8% of weekly outpatient visits around the United States for influenza-like-illness (ILI) during the peak of the season. Effective use of existing flu surveillance data allows officials to understand and predict current flu outbreaks and can contribute to reductions in influenza morbidity and mortality. Previous work used the...

Do collective bargaining rights for law enforcement result in more civilian deaths at the hands of police? Using an event-study design, we find that introduction duty to bargain requirements with police unions has led a significant increase non-white during late twentieth century. We no impact on various crime rate measures and suggestive evidence decline employment, consistent increasing compe...

Abstract Civilian ceasefire and civilian protection monitoring are often seen as innovative peacekeeping mechanisms in conflict zones difficult to access for international actors. However, the literature on its impact is sparse. In many conflicts, civilians organize protect themselves. Research into agency has shown that capacity self-protect conditions determine whether protective can be effec...