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
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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
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| Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (160 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 615.9/5137 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The utility of proximity-based herbicide exposure assessment in epidemiologic studies of Vietnam veterans |
| ISBN: | 1-281-30021-7 |
| 9786611300210 | |
| 0-309-11450-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910454590603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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