So some of the samples consisted of semen from seamen?

C'mon Michael, that one has to count for something.
;-)

-S

On Dec 5, 2008, at 1:47 PM, Paul C Bernhardt wrote:

> I think it was archival data and/or samples.
>
> In 1985 the Centers for Disease Control conducted a wide-ranging study 
> of
> 4462 Vietnam era veterans. They collected numerous physiological,
> psychological and demographic measures. It is a large database that may
> never be fully explored. I am familiar with the database's existence 
> and
> wide range of data gathered due to my association with James M. Dabbs, 
> Jr.
> who had a study published in 1990 on some relationships with 
> testosterone.
>
> I believe the study used data and samples from that archive based on 
> this
> statement in the article, "The semen samples were collected in 1985 by 
> the
> US Centers for Disease Control as part of a large-scale study into the
> health of US soldiers who served during the Vietnam Era. Some of the 
> men in
> our sample had served in Vietnam, some had served in Germany, Korea 
> and the
> USA."
>
> -- 
> Paul Bernhardt
> Frostburg State University
> Frostburg, MD, USA
>
>
>
> On 12/5/08 12:09 PM, "Jean-Marc Perreault" 
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> I did not come up with this on my own, I swear!
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7767877.stm
>>
>> What I find interesting is that the sample (talking about the subjects
>> here of course) was collected in 1985. Sure took a long time to 
>> deliver
>> this piece of research! Wonder what they have been up to for the last 
>> 18
>> 23 years???
>>
>> JM
>>
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