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Evaluation of Health Status of Foreign Service and Other Employees from Selected Eastern European Posts.

PB288163

Publication Date	1978
Personal Author	Lilienfeld, A. M.; Tonascia, J.; Tonascia, S.; Libauer, C. H.; Cauthen, G. M.
Page Count	447
Abstract	This is a biostatistical study of 1827 Department of State employees and their dependents at the Moscow Embassy and 2561 employees and their dependents from other Eastern European Embassies. Health records, health questionnaires and death certificates were the basic information sources. The study is the impact of the Moscow environment including microwave exposure on the health status and mortality of the employees. It was concluded that personnel working at the American Embassy in Moscow from 1953 to 1976 suffered no ill effects from the microwaves beamed at the Chancery. (Portions of this document are not fully legible)
Keywords	Health status Eastern Europe Health statistics Microwaves Populations Biostatistics Evaluation USSR Foreign countries Public health Tables(Data) Methodology Vital statistics National government Epidemiology Medical records Health surveys Questionnaires Death Mortality Morbidity Radiation effects Data processing Personnel Environmental health Moscow(USSR) Department of State Analytical methods
Source Agency	Office of Medical Services
NTIS Subject Category	44C - Community & Population Characteristics 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57V - Radiobiology 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 68F - Radiation Pollution & Control
Corporate Authors	Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD. Dept. of Epidemiology.; Department of State, Washington, DC. Office of Medical Services.
Supplemental Notes	Report on Foreign Service Health Status Study.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. 1953-76.
NTIS Issue Number	197902
Contract Number	DOS-6025-619073

Evaluation of Health Status of Foreign Service and Other Employees from Selected Eastern European Posts.

Evaluation of Health Status of Foreign Service and Other Employees from Selected Eastern European Posts.
PB288163

Publication Date	1978
Personal Author	Lilienfeld, A. M.; Tonascia, J.; Tonascia, S.; Libauer, C. H.; Cauthen, G. M.
Page Count	447
Abstract	This is a biostatistical study of 1827 Department of State employees and their dependents at the Moscow Embassy and 2561 employees and their dependents from other Eastern European Embassies. Health records, health questionnaires and death certificates were the basic information sources. The study is the impact of the Moscow environment including microwave exposure on the health status and mortality of the employees. It was concluded that personnel working at the American Embassy in Moscow from 1953 to 1976 suffered no ill effects from the microwaves beamed at the Chancery. (Portions of this document are not fully legible)
Keywords	Health status Eastern Europe Health statistics Microwaves Populations Biostatistics Evaluation USSR Foreign countries Public health Tables(Data) Methodology Vital statistics National government Epidemiology Medical records Health surveys Questionnaires Death Mortality Morbidity Radiation effects Data processing Personnel Environmental health Moscow(USSR) Department of State Analytical methods
Source Agency	Office of Medical Services
NTIS Subject Category	44C - Community & Population Characteristics 57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 57V - Radiobiology 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 68F - Radiation Pollution & Control
Corporate Authors	Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD. Dept. of Epidemiology.; Department of State, Washington, DC. Office of Medical Services.
Supplemental Notes	Report on Foreign Service Health Status Study.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. 1953-76.
NTIS Issue Number	197902
Contract Number	DOS-6025-619073