Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in a cohort of Vietnam veterans
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11024967 |
|---|---|
| Authors | T R O'Brien (National Center for Environmental Health), Pierre Decoufle, C A Boyle |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 758-760 |
| Publication date | 1991-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.81.6.758 |
| PMID | 2029048 |
| OpenAlex | W2094110986 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
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
Cohort · Cohort study · Family medicine · Hodgkin lymphoma · Incidence (geometry) · Lymphoma · Military personnel · Pathology · Telephone interview · Vietnam War · Demography · Medicine · Occupational Health and Performance · Gerontology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |