Vietnam veterans' risks for fathering babies with birth defects - PubMed

• PMID: 6748190

Vietnam veterans' risks for fathering babies with birth defects

J D Erickson et al. JAMA. 1984.

Abstract

Vietnam veterans' risks for fathering babies with major structural birth defects were assessed using a case-control study. Information regarding military service in Vietnam was obtained from interviews with mothers and fathers of babies in case and control groups and from review of military records. Vietnam veterans, in general, did not have an increased risk of fathering babies with defects (all types combined; relative risk estimate, 0.97). Vietnam veterans who had greater estimated opportunities for Agent Orange exposure did not seem to be at greater risk for fathering babies with all types of defects combined. However, for a few specific types of defects the estimated risks were higher for subgroups of Vietnam veterans that may have had a greater likelihood of exposure to Agent Orange. These seemingly higher risks could be chance events, the result of some experience in the Vietnam service of the father, or the result of some other unidentified risk factor.

Similar articles

• Vietnam veterans risk for fathering children with birth defects.

  Sterling TD, Arundel A. Sterling TD, et al. JAMA. 1985 Aug 2;254(5):609-10. JAMA. 1985. PMID: 4009891 No abstract available.

• Agent Orange and birth defects.

  [No authors listed] [No authors listed] N Engl J Med. 1983 Aug 25;309(8):491-2. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198308253090810. N Engl J Med. 1983. PMID: 6877316 No abstract available.

• Vietnam and birth defects.

  Dan BB. Dan BB. JAMA. 1984 Aug 17;252(7):936-7. JAMA. 1984. PMID: 6748197 No abstract available.

• Does Agent Orange cause birth defects?

  Friedman JM. Friedman JM. Teratology. 1984 Apr;29(2):193-221. doi: 10.1002/tera.1420290208. Teratology. 1984. PMID: 6377557 Review.

• Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and Agent Orange Exposure.

  [No authors listed] [No authors listed] Mil Med. 2015 Aug;180(8):839-41. doi: 10.7205/MILMED-D-15-00163. Mil Med. 2015. PMID: 26226521 Review. No abstract available.

Cited by

• Paternal occupational exposures and the risk of Down syndrome.

  Olshan AF, Baird PA, Teschke K. Olshan AF, et al. Am J Hum Genet. 1989 May;44(5):646-51. Am J Hum Genet. 1989. PMID: 2523192 Free PMC article.

• Surveillance for work-related adverse reproductive outcomes.

  Bregman DJ, Anderson KE, Buffler P, Salg J. Bregman DJ, et al. Am J Public Health. 1989 Dec;79 Suppl(Suppl):53-7. doi: 10.2105/ajph.79.suppl.53. Am J Public Health. 1989. PMID: 2817209 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

• Childhood physical abnormalities following paternal exposure to sulfur mustard gas in Iran: a case-control study.

  Abolghasemi H, Radfar MH, Rambod M, Salehi P, Ghofrani H, Soroush MR, Falahaty F, Tavakolifar Y, Sadaghianifar A, Khademolhosseini SM, Kavehmanesh Z, Joffres M, Burkle FM Jr, Mills EJ. Abolghasemi H, et al. Confl Health. 2010 Jul 14;4:13. doi: 10.1186/1752-1505-4-13. Confl Health. 2010. PMID: 20630096 Free PMC article.

• Reproductive toxicity and toxicokinetics of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. 2. Problem of paternally-mediated abnormalities in the progeny of rat.

  Chahoud I, Krowke R, Bochert G, Bürkle B, Neubert D. Chahoud I, et al. Arch Toxicol. 1991;65(1):27-31. doi: 10.1007/BF01973499. Arch Toxicol. 1991. PMID: 2043047

• Validity of parental work information on the birth certificate.

  Brender JD, Suarez L, Langlois PH. Brender JD, et al. BMC Public Health. 2008 Mar 25;8:95. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-95. BMC Public Health. 2008. PMID: 18366739 Free PMC article.

MeSH terms

Substances

LinkOut - more resources

• Full Text Sources

  • Silverchair Information Systems

• Medical

  • MedlinePlus Health Information