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healthy soldier effect: a standalone construct

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Epidemiology

lower mortality among military personnel than the general population because of health screening at entry and service, which biases comparisons.

In epidemiology, healthy soldier effect refers to lower mortality among military personnel than the general population because of health screening at entry and service, which biases comparisons. This meaning comes from McLaughlin (2008) in Annals of Epidemiology.[1]

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References

McLaughlin, R., Nielsen, L., & Waller, M. (2008). An Evaluation of the Effect of Military Service on Mortality: Quantifying the Healthy Soldier Effect. Annals of Epidemiology, 18(12), 928-936. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2008.09.002

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