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Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2004 (2005)
Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP)

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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)

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