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Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2006

Reference	Study Design	Description	Study Group (n)	Comparison Group (n)^a
Fett et al., 1987b	Cohort	Cause-specific mortality experience in Vietnam veterans, compared with Vietnam-era veterans through 1981	19,205	25,677
Forcier et al., 1987	Cohort	Mortality in Vietnam veterans by job classification, location, time of service	19,205	Internal comparison
Donovan et al., 1983, 1984	Case– control	Congenital anomalies in children (1969–1979), compared with infants born without anomalies, for association with paternal Vietnam service	8,517	8,517
STUDIES OF VIETNAM VETERANS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES
Other Vietnam-Veteran studies Reviewed in Update 2004
Kim H-A et al., 2003	Cohort	Immunotoxicologic effects of Agent Orange exposure on Korean Vietnam veterans	51 (24 veterans– patient; 27 veterans–normal)	36
Kim J-S et al., 2003	Cross-sectional	Agent Orange exposure and Korean Vietnam veterans	1,224	154
Mo et al., 2002	Cohort	Skin and general disease patterns among Korean Vietnam veterans	332	None
Other Vietnam-Veteran studies Reviewed in Update 1998
Chinh et al., 1996	Cohort	Antinuclear antibodies and sperm autoantibodies among Vietnamese veterans who served 5–10 years in a “dioxin-sprayed zone”	25	63; 36
ABBREVIATIONS: 2,4,5-T, 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid; AFHS, Air Force Health Study; CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; CDVA, Commonwealth Department of Veterans’ Affairs; HD, Hodgkin’s disease; MVA, motor vehicle accidents; NIOSH, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; NHL, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma; NMES; National Medical Expenditure Survey; PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder; SMR, standardized mortality ratio; STS, soft-tissue sarcoma; TCDD, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin; Update 2006, Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2006 (IOM, 2007); Update 2004, Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2004 (IOM, 2005); Update 2002, Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2002 (IOM, 2003); Update 2000, Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2000 (IOM, 2001); Update 1998, Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 1998 (IOM, 1999); Update 1996, Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 1996 (IOM, 1996); and VAO, Veterans and Agent Orange: Health Effects of Herbicides Used in Vietnam (IOM, 1994). ^a Comparison group based on a population (e.g., US white men, country rates); details are given in the text for population specifics.