Mortality among Army Chemical Corps Vietnam veterans

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 719-726

  Dalager, Nancy A ^a   Kang, Han K ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent Orange; cancer; chemical exposures; digestive disease; herbicides; veterans; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; HERBICIDE;

ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL WARFARE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILITARY MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLDIER; VIET NAM;

ADULT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEOPLASMS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VIETNAM;

EID: 0030999065     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199706)31:6<719::AID-AJIM8>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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