TABLE 9-4Epidemiologic Studies—Infant Death

ReferenceDescriptionN OR/RR (95% CI)
Occupational
Townsend et al., 1982Follow-up of Dow chemical plant workers90.6 (0.3-1.4)
Environmental
Stockbauer et al., 1988TCDD soil contamination in Missouri52.0 (0.5-8.7)
Vietnam veterans
CDC, 1989Vietnam Experience Study
Interview study1521.0 (0.8-1.3)
Low exposure581.9 (1.2-2.9)
Medium exposure382.0 (1.2-3.1)
High exposure112.7 (1.4-5.4)
Field and Kerr, 1988Follow-up of Australian Vietnam Veterans deaths between ages 1 month and 1 year40.9 (0.2-3.5)

NOTE: OR/RR = Odds ratio/relative risk; CI = confidence interval.

From: 9, Reproductive Effects

Cover of Veterans and Agent Orange
Veterans and Agent Orange: Health Effects of Herbicides Used in Vietnam.
Institute of Medicine (US) Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides.
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 1994.
Copyright 1994 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

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