Did TCDD exposure or service in Southeast Asia increase the risk of cancer in air force Vietnam veterans who did not spray agent orange?

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 335-342

  Pavuk, Marian ^a   Michalek, Joel E ^b,f   Schecter, Arnold ^c   Ketchum, Norma S ^b   Akhtar, Fatema Z ^d   Fox, Karen A ^e  

^a SpecPro Inc   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d START Center for Cancer Care   (United States)

^e US AF School of Aerospace Medicine ^*  (United States)

^f USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID;

AIR FORCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SOLDIER; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VIETNAM;

EID: 17144402179     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000158739.56427.24     Document Type: Review

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