Title The utility of proximity-based herbicide exposure assessment in epidemiologic studies of Vietnam veterans / 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

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 140 pages) : illustrations Contents 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 Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes English Print version record Subject 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 Veterans. Herbicides -- adverse effects Environmental Exposure -- adverse effects Risk Assessment -- methods Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins -- adverse effects Veterans Vietnam War veterans. MEDICAL -- Pharmacology. Veterans Agent Orange -- Health aspects Agent Orange -- Toxicology Herbicides -- Health aspects Veterans -- Health risk assessment SUBJECT United States Subject United States Form Electronic book Author Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Making Best Use of the Agent Orange Exposure Reconstruction Model. ISBN 9780309114509 0309114500 1281300217 9781281300218 9786611300210 661130021X

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