The authors themselves suggested that a reporting bias might be present in the study as a greater proportion of Gulf War veterans also reported a change of colour of their fingernails which was included as a control symptom.
The overall number of veterans has been shrinking nationally, too, but the decline is faster in New York and the Northeast, which has the highest proportion of living World War II veterans but the smallest share of those who served during Vietnam and the Persian Gulf war.
These findings refer mainly to Nordic countries, in which there is a greater proportion of refugees from war-torn regions and fewer economic immigrants [ 7, 14].
Regardless of the time and place, some proportion of people exposed to war -- as well as many with noncombat trauma, such as those who are assaulted, have an accident, or live through a natural disaster -- experience a range of symptoms: nightmares, flashbacks, hypervigilance, mistrust, anger, emotional numbing, depression, and, frequently, problems with substance abuse.
The proportion of countries fighting civil wars had declined to about 12% by 1995.The outcomes of civil wars changed, too, according to Scott Gates, the director of the centre.
IT IS now almost a year since the experts asked by a new government to review Britain's controversial extradition arrangements produced a tome of "War and Peace" proportions.
The United States relies on the route for an overwhelming proportion of its supplies for the war in Afghanistan.
Shortly after the second world war the proportion of Japanese over 65 was around 5% of the population, easily below that in Britain, France or America.
More recently, GPS has allowed the development of precision-guided weapons, the smart bombs that home in on targets: between Serbia four years ago and this year's Iraq war, the proportion of such bombs used rose from no more than 3% to at least 60%.After spending $20 billion, the Pentagon has built a global system that is a key ingredient of NATO defence.
The proportion of trauma due to the war was lowest in those aged above 60.
