Agent orange exposure and prevalence of self-reported diseases in Korean Vietnam veterans

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 213-225

  Yi, Sang Wook ^a   Ohrr, Heechoul ^b   Hong, Jae Seok ^c   Yi, Jee Jeon ^d  

^a Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Health Insurance Review Agency   (South Korea)

^d Catholic Kwandong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Agent orange; Herbicides; Korea; Prevalence; Veterans; Vietnam war

Indexed keywords

2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRONCHUS CANCER; BUERGER DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHEMICAL INJURY; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; COLON CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPHYSEMA; ENTEROCOLITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GALLSTONE; GASTRITIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KIDNEY FAILURE; LARYNX CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE PARALYSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PANCREAS CANCER; PEPTIC ULCER; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SKIN DISEASE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; STOMACH CANCER; TRACHEA CANCER; VETERAN;

AGENT ORANGE; HERBICIDES; KOREA; PREVALENCE; VETERANS; VIETNAM WAR;

2,4,5-TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEFOLIANTS, CHEMICAL; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SELF REPORT; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 84888359054     PISSN: 19758375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.2013.46.5.213     Document Type: Article

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