A geographic information system for characterizing exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides in Vietnam

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 321-328

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

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b AMERICAN HEALTH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Joint Serv Environ Support Group   (United States)

Author keywords

2,4,5 trichlorophenoxy acetic acid; 2,4 dichlorophenoxy acetic acid; Agent Orange; Cacodylic acid; Defoliants; Exposure opportunity; Geographic information system; GIS; Herbicides; Military; Picloram; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

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

AIRCRAFT; ARMY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM;

EID: 0345505235     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.5755     Document Type: Review

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