title: Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in a cohort of Vietnam veterans.
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.
authors.affiliation: Center for Environmental Health and Injury Control, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333.
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Decouflé
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Boyle
mesh_terms: D015085:2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015084:2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000075182:Agent Orange; D002423:Cause of Death; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003678:Defoliants, Chemical / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D009790:Occupations; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014728:Veterans / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014744:Vietnam
chemical_list: D003678:Defoliants, Chemical; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D015084:2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid; D000075182:Agent Orange; D015085:2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid