Impact of Agent Orange exposure among Korean Vietnam veterans

Industrial Health

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 149-157

  Kim, Joung Soon ^a   Lim, Hyun Sul ^b   Cho, Sung Il ^a   Cheong, Hae Kwan ^b   Lim, Min Kyung ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Dongguk University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Agent Orange; Dioxin; Eczema; Korea; Radiculopathy; Vietnam veterans

Indexed keywords

2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; RADICULOPATHY; RETINOPATHY; SMOKING; SOLDIER; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VIET NAM;

EID: 0041669513     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.41.149     Document Type: Article

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