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A Critical Review of the Epidemiology of Agent Orange or 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin and Lymphoid Malignancies

Annals of Epidemiology

January 29, 2015

Dr. Ellen Chang published "A Critical Review of the Epidemiology of Agent Orange or 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin and Lymphoid Malignancies," in Annals of Epidemiology, the Official Journal of the American College of Epidemiology. 

Establishing a causal relationship between 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) and risk of specific lymphoid cancers, including non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), and multiple myeloma (MM), would be useful for risk assessment. This article systematically and critically reviews epidemiologic studies of the association between exposure to TCDD or TCDD-contaminated herbicides and risk of lymphoid malignancies. These include studies of military, industrial, accidental environmental, and general environmental exposure to Agent Orange or TCDD.

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