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Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2004
Reference
Study Population
Exposed Casesa
Estimated Relative Risk (95% CI)a
Bertazzi et al., 1989b
Seveso residents—10-year follow-up
Zone B females
2
1.0 (0.3–4.2)
Zone R males
3
1.0 (0.3–3.4)
Zone R females
4
1.6 (0.5–4.7)
VIETNAM VETERANS
New Studies
Akhtar et al., 2004
White Air Force Vietnam veterans lymphopoetic leukemia
Ranch Hand—Incidence
10
0.85 (0.4–1.5)
Comparison—Incidence
9
0.55 (0.3–1.0)
Studies Reviewed in Update 2000
AFHS, 2000
Air Force Ranch Hand veterans
1
0.2 (0.0–2.6)
AIHW, 1999
Australian Vietnam veterans
62
48 expected (34–62)
CDVA, 1998a
Australian Vietnam veterans—male
137f
48 expected (34–62)
CDVA, 1998b
Australian Vietnam veterans—female
2f
0 expected (0–4)
Studies Reviewed in Update 1998
Crane et al., 1997a
Australian military Vietnam veterans
1.3 (0.5–3.5)
Watanabe and Kang, 1996
Marine Vietnam veterans
46
1.7 (1.2–2.2)
Studies Reviewed in Update 1996
Visintainer et al., 1995
Michigan Vietnam veterans
32
1.5 (1.0–2.1)
Studies Reviewed in VAO
Clapp et al., 1991
Massachusetts Vietnam veterans
1.2 (0.6–2.4)
Dalager et al., 1991
Vietnam veterans diagnosed with NHL
100
1.0 (0.7–1.8)
O’Brien et al., 1991
Army enlisted Vietnam veterans
7g
1.8 (* )
Thomas et al., 1991
Women Vietnam veterans
3
1.3 (0.3–1.8)
Watanabe et al., 1991
Army Vietnam veterans
Compared with Army non-Vietnam veterans
140
0.8 (* )
Compared with combined Army and Marine Vietnam- era veterans
140
0.9 (* )
Marine Vietnam veterans
Compared with Marine non-Vietnam veterans
42
1.8 (1.3–2.4)
Compared with combined Army and Marine Vietnam-era veterans
42
1.2 (* )
CDC, 1990
US men born 1921–1953
Vietnam veterans
99
1.5 (1.1–2.0)
Army Vietnam veterans
45
1.2 (0.8–1.8)
Marine Vietnam veterans
10
1.8 (0.8–4.3)
Air Force Vietnam veterans
12
1.0 (0.5–2.2)
Navy Vietnam veterans
32
1.9 (1.1–3.2)
Blue-water Navy Vietnam veterans
28
2.2 (1.2–3.9)