@article{e027ca9b46e54737906e9a0c1d649fea,
title = "Profile of two cohorts: Uk and us prospective studies of military health",
author = "Pinder, \{Richard J.\} and Neil Greenberg and Boyko, \{Edward J.\} and Gackstetter, \{Gary D.\} and Hooper, \{Tomoko I.\} and Dominic Murphy and Ryan, \{Margaret A.K.\} and Besa Smith and Smith, \{Tyler C.\} and Wells, \{Timothy S.\} and Simon Wessely",
note = "Funding Information: Beginning in 1996 as the Gulf War Illnesses Research Unit, the King{\textquoteright}s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR) was formally established in 2003 with funding from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) as an independent multi-faculty research centre within King{\textquoteright}s College London. Its express aim is to assess the health of the British Armed Forces and veterans. Funding Information: The King{\textquoteright}s Centre for Military Health Research and Academic Centre for Defence Mental Health are funded by the UK Ministry of Defence. The authors work was independent of the UK Ministry of Defence, which had no role in the analysis, interpretation or decision to submit this paper. The authors disclosed the paper to the Ministry at the point of its submission for publication. R. J. Pinder is funded as an academic clinical fellow by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Integrated Academic Training Programme. S. Wessely is partially funded by the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust/ Institute of Psychiatry NIHR Biomedical Research Centre. The Millennium Cohort Study: This work represents report 11-12, supported by the Department of Defense, under work unit no. 60002. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Navy, Department of the Army, Department of the Air Force, Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs or the US Government. Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. This research has been conducted in compliance with all applicable federal regulations governing the protection of human subjects in research (Protocol NHRC.2000.0007). Funding Information: The Millennium Cohort Study, based at the Department of Deployment Health Research, Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA, is a multi-service and multi-agency team effort. Study investigators, including senior officers from the US Army, Navy, and Air Force and senior civilians from the VA and DoD participate in questionnaire design, analysis plans, interpretation of results and preparation of manuscripts for publication, as well as overall strategic planning. Collaborators from civilian academic institutions participate in nearly all analysis projects. The Millennium Cohort Study is funded by the US DoD through the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Military Operational Medicine Research Program. The Millennium Cohort Study strategic research plan is guided by the team of investigators who prioritize and conduct studies relevant to the DoD, the VA or are otherwise important to the health of the general US population.",
year = "2012",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1093/ije/dyr096",
language = "English",
volume = "41",
pages = "1272--1282",
journal = "International Journal of Epidemiology",
issn = "0300-5771",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "5",
}