Assessing possible exposures of ground troops to agent orange during the Vietnam War: The use of contemporary military records

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 349-358

  Young, Alvin L ^a   Cecil Sr , Paul F ^b   Guilmartin Jr , John F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b RANCH HAND Vietnam Association   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin (TCDD); Agent orange; Historical military records; Operation ranch hand; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; CARCINOGEN; DEFOLIANT AGENT;

HEALTH IMPACT; HERBICIDE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TCDD;

AIRCRAFT; DOCUMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; WAR;

2,4,5-TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; AIRCRAFT; CARCINOGENS; DEFOLIANTS, CHEMICAL; DOCUMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM; WORLD;

EID: 9244256022     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/espr2004.10.221     Document Type: Review

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