Project Ranch Hand II: An Epidemiologic Investigation of Health Effects in Air Force Personnel Following Exposure to Herbicides - Reproductive Outcome Update

Abstract

Preliminary analyses of verified birth defects and neonatal deaths in Ranch Hand children are presented. Birth defects and neonatal deaths were reported by Ranch Hand and Comparison veterans at the baseline physical examination in the Air Force Health Study. At the time this report was prepared, negative responses to the birth defect and neonatal questions had not been completed. The change in the odds ratio relating birth defects and exposure group from before the father's service in Southeast Asia (odds ratio=0.73) to after the father's service in Southeast Asia (odds ratio=l.46) was statistically significant (p=0.024). The odds ratio relating neonatal death and exposure group also changed significantly (p=0.04) from before the father's service in Southeast Asia (odds ratio=l.00) to after the father's service in Southeast Asia (odds ratio=9.85).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA351089

Entities

People

  • Joel E. Michalek
  • Richard A. Albanese
  • William H. Wolfe

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Arteries
  • Asia
  • Cardiovascular System
  • Congenital Abnormalities
  • Congenital Heart Defects
  • Genetics
  • Heart
  • Herbicides
  • Kidney Diseases
  • Medical Personnel
  • Musculoskeletal Abnormalities
  • Physical Examination (Medicine)
  • Southeast Asia

Readers

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