Agent Orange exposure and disease prevalence in Korean Vietnam veterans: The Korean veterans health study

Environmental Research

Volumn 133, Issue , 2014, Pages 56-65

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

^a Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Health Insurance Review Agency   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Agent Orange; Dioxins; Herbicides; Prevalence; Veterans

Indexed keywords

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

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISORDER; DIOXIN; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DYE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HEALTH RISK; HERBICIDE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; NEUROLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WAR;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRONCHIECTASIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; DUODENITIS; EMPHYSEMA; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPILEPSY; GASTRITIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; ICD-10; KOREA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PEPTIC ULCER; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VETERANS HEALTH;

UNITED STATES;

AGENT ORANGE; DIOXINS; HERBICIDES; PREVALENCE; VETERANS;

2,4,5-TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; VETERANS;

EID: 84901815672     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.04.027     Document Type: Article

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