The extent and patterns of usage of agent orange and other herbicides in Vietnam

Nature

Volumn 422, Issue 6933, 2003, Pages 681-687

  Stellman, Jeanne Mager ^a   Stellman, Steven D ^b,c   Christian, Richard ^d   Weber, Tracy ^a   Tomasallo, Carrie ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b University of Columbia   (United States)

^c AMERICAN HEALTH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; SPRAYING; WEED CONTROL;

HERBICIDE SPRAYING;

HERBICIDES;

2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; DIOXIN; HERBICIDE;

HEALTH RISK; HERBICIDE; MILITARY APPLICATION; WAR;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MILITARY PHENOMENA; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM; WEED CONTROL;

2,4,5-TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; CAMBODIA; DEFOLIANTS, CHEMICAL; DIOXINS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FOOD SUPPLY; GEOGRAPHY; HERBICIDES; LAOS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VIETNAM; WAR;

VIET NAM;

EID: 0242500792     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01537     Document Type: Article

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