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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

Michalek et al., 1990

Air Force Ranch Hand veteran mortality

0

(*)

Wolfe et al., 1990

Air Force Ranch Hand veteran morbidity

1

(*)

Breslin et al., 1988

Army Vietnam veterans

108

0.8 (0.6–1.0)

 

Marine Vietnam veterans

35

2.1 (1.2–3.8)

Garland et al., 1988

Navy enlisted personnel 1974–1983

68

0.7 (0.5–0.9)

Burt et al., 1987

Army combat Vietnam veterans

39

1.1 (0.7–1.5)

 

Marine combat Vietnam veterans

17

3.2 (1.4–7.4)

 

Army Vietnam veterans (service 1967–1969)

64

0.9 (0.7–1.3)

 

Marine Vietnam veterans (service 1967–1969)

17

2.5 (1.1–5.8)

Fett et al., 1987

Australian Vietnam veterans

4

1.8 (0.4–8.0)

Anderson et al., 1986a

Wisconsin Vietnam veterans

 

 

 

Wisconsin Vietnam veterans compared with Wisconsin nonveterans

13

0.7 (—)

 

Wisconsin Vietnam veterans compared with non-Vietnam-era veterans

13

0.6 (—)

 

Wisconsin Vietnam veterans compared with Vietnam-era veterans

13

1.0 (—)

Anderson et al., 1986b

Wisconsin Vietnam veterans compared with general population

24

0.7 (—)

 

Wisconsin Vietnam veterans compared with Wisconsin veterans

24

1.1 (—)

Holmes et al., 1986

West Virginia Vietnam veterans compared with West Virginia Vietnam-era veterans

2

1.1 (*)

Lawrence et al., 1985

New York Vietnam veterans

10d

1.0 (0.4–2.2)

a Given when available.

b Includes NHL and chronic lymphocytic leukemia combined.

c Includes all lymphomas combined.

d Includes NHL and Hodgkin’s disease.

e Only NHL other than lymphosarcoma and reticulosarcoma (ICD-9 202).

f Self-reported medical history. Answer to question: “Since your first day of service in Vietnam, have you been told by a doctor that you have NHL?”

g NHL, four living cases and three deaths originally listed in the CDC Vietnam Experience Study (Boyle et al., 1987).

* Information not provided by study authors.

—Information denoted by a dash in the original study.

ABBREVIATIONS: 2,4,5-T, 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid, 2,4-D, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid; AFHS, Air Force Health Study; AIHW, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare; CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; CDVA, Commonwealth Department of Veterans’ Affairs; EA, Epstein-barr virus early antigen; IARC, International Agency for Research on Cancer; NHL, Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma; TCDD, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin; TEQ, toxin equivalents; USDA, US Department of Agriculture.

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