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

T.R. O'Brien, P. Decoufle and C.A. Boyle

American Journal of Public Health, 1991, vol. 81, issue 6, 758-760

Abstract: We examined the incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) in a cohort of 18,313 United States Army veterans from the Vietnam era. Diagnoses were confirmed through a review of hospital records. Among veterans who had died after discharge or who had participated in a telephone interview (8,170 Vietnam veterans and 7,564 non-Vietnam veterans), seven Vietnam veterans and one non-Vietnam veteran had developed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (p = 0.07). As none of the NHL cases had military job titles which suggest that they were occupationally exposed to herbicides while in Vietnam, the reasons for the excess are unclear.

Date: 1991
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