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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454590603321

Titolo

The utility of proximity-based herbicide exposure assessment in epidemiologic studies of Vietnam veterans [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Making Best Use of the Agent Orange Exposure Reconstruction Model, Board on Military and Veterans Health, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2008

ISBN

1-281-30021-7

9786611300210

0-309-11450-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Disciplina

615.9/5137

Soggetti

Agent Orange - Health aspects

Agent Orange - Toxicology

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Veterans - Health risk assessment - United States

Veterans - Health aspects - United States

Herbicides - Health aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction and Background""; ""2 The Herbicide Exposure Assessment Model""; ""3 Assessment of the Model and Its Capacity to Produce Useful Exposure Metrics""; ""4 Data for Epidemiologic Studies of Vietnam Veterans""; ""5 Recommendations Regarding Epidemiologic Studies Using the Exposure Assessment Model""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Agendas for Information-Gathering Meetings""; ""Appendix B: Exposure Measures in Studies of U.S. Vietnam Veterans""

""Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""

Sommario/riassunto

In past studies evaluating whether health problems experienced by Vietnam veterans might be linked to wartime use of Agent Orange or



other herbicides, a fundamental challenge has been a lack of information about the veterans' level of exposure to these herbicides. To address that problem, researchers developed a model to assess the opportunity for herbicide exposure among these veterans. Using a geographic information system and a computerized database engine, the model makes it possible to link georeferenced data on herbicide spray paths with information about troop locations and calculate two different proximity-based exposure opportunity metrics. This report presents... guidance to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs about the best use of this herbicide exposure assessment model.