Hodgkin's Disease in the U.S. Navy.
Abstract
U.S. Naval personnel are involved in a wide variety of occupational specialities which may involve exposure to agents implicated in the development of Hodgkin's disease. Other aspects of naval life-style foster the spread of infectious diseases and increase the need for frequent routine immunizations. These factors led us to hypothesize that there may be an increased risk of Hodgkin's disease in naval personnel as compared to the U.S. population, and that the risk may vary by occupation. To explore these hypotheses we ascertained first hospitalization rates for Hodgkin's disease among Active Duty naval personnel and compared them with incidence rates in the U.S. population. We found no significant differences in age-adjusted naval and U.S. population rates, although the rate in the Navy at ages 35+ was 1.8 times the U.S. population rate. Navy machinist mates had double the rates of Hodgkin's disease of the U.S. population, a statistically significant excess. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA160923
Entities
People
- Cedric F. Garland
- Edward Doerr Gorham
- Frank C. Garland
Organizations
- Naval Health Research Center