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Gulf War and Health: Insecticides and Solvents, Volume 2
Reference
Study Population
Exposed Cases
Estimated Relative Risk (95% CI)
Heineman et al., 1994
Male residents of Louisiana, New Jersey, and Philadelphia (astrocytic brain tumors)
Ever exposed
111
1.2 (0.8–1.6)
Low probability
72
1.3 (0.8–1.9)
Medium probability
30
0.9 (0.5–1.6)
High probability
9
1.2 (0.4–3.5)
Duration of employment
2–20 years
71
1.1 (0.7–1.6)
21+ years
28
1.4 (0.7–2.7)
Methylene Chloride
Cohort Studies—Mortality
Hearne and Pifer, 1999
Male US photographic-film base manufacturing workers, employed >1 year
6
2.16 (0.79–4.69)
Tomenson et al., 1997
Male UK photographic-film base manufacturing workers, ever employed
4
1.45 (0.40–3.72)
Carpenter et al., 1988
Workers at two nuclear facilities
All workers
No latency
29
1.38
10-year latency
21
1.00
Workers with moderate or high exposure:
>1 and ≤3 years of exposure
No latency
2
1.19
10-year latency
0
—
>3 and ≤10 years of exposure
No latency
3
1.33
10-year latency
2
0.83
>10 and ≤20 years of exposure
No latency
1
0.50
10-year latency
1
1.80
>20 years of exposure
No latency
1
4.00
10-year latency
1
4.01
Case-Control Study
Heineman et al., 1994
Male residents of Louisiana, New Jersey, and Philadelphia (astrocytic brain tumors)
