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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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