Non-Hodgkinʼs Lymphoma among Vietnam Veterans

United states non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma surveillance by occupation 1984‐1989: A twenty‐four state death certificate study

“…These substances have been associated with NHL in other studies [Blair et al, 1993;Spirtas et al, 1991;Dalager et al, 1991;Teta et al, 1990;Christie, 1990;Linos et al, 1991;Brandt et al, 1983Brandt et al, , 1989Corbett and O'Neill, 1988;Olsson and Brandt, 1988;Garland et al, 1988;Tsongas, 1985;Giles et al, 1984;Doln et al, 1983; Kaneko et al, 1982;Fischmann et al, 19791 and with occupations in which these exposures may occur, including miners [Corbett and O'Neill, 1988;Giles et al, 19841, foundry workers [Giles et al, 19841, petrochemical workers [Christie, 19901, workers exposed to solvents [Brandt et al, 1983[Brandt et al, , 1989Fischmann et al, 1979;Vianna and Polan, 19791, plumbers [Doln et al, 19831, and chemists [Teta et al, 19901. We found no excess among painters, as reported by others [Chow, et al, 19931. Increased risk of NHL has been reported among physicians [Grufferman et al, 1976, Vianna et al, 1974Petersen and Milham, 1980;Milham, 1983;Dubrow and Wegman, 1984;Scherr et al, 1992;Blair et al, 19933.…”

The non-Hodgkin lymphomas: A review of the epidemiologic literature

“…Watanabe 120 but only 3 of these cases were infantry or artillerymen. In a study using cases and controls selected from the VA Patient Treatment File, Dalager et al 119 reported no association between service in Vietnam and risk of NHL (OR 5 1.03, 95% CI: 0.70-1.50).…”

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in a cohort of Vietnam veterans.

“…5 In contrast, a case-control study using subjects from Veterans Administration hospitals found a modest negative association between Vietnam service and NHL (OR = 0.72; 95% CI = 0.560.92). 11 We could only indirectly assess possible exposure of these veterans to Agent Orange while in Vietnam. Although most of the men served in Vietnam during the time (1967-69) and area (III Corps) of heaviest spraying,' three of seven had non-combat militaryjob titles that suggest they were unlikely to have been in contact with herbicides.…”