Postservice mortality of us air force veterans occupationally exposed to herbicides in vietnam: 15-year follow-up

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 148, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 786-792

  Michalek, Joel E ^a   Ketchum, Norma S ^a   Akhtar, Fatema Z ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Vista Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioxins; Herbicides; Mortality

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; HERBICIDE;

HERBICIDE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR FORCE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES; VIET NAM;

EID: 0032532469     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009699     Document Type: Article

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