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The utility of proximity-based herbicide exposure assessment in epidemiologic studies of Vietnam veterans /
In past studies evaluating whether health problems experienced by Vietnam veterans might be linked to wartime use of Agent Orange or other herbicides, a fundamental challenge has been a lack of information about the veterans' level of exposure to these herbicides. To address that problem, resea...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academies Press,
©2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In past studies evaluating whether health problems experienced by Vietnam veterans might be linked to wartime use of Agent Orange or other herbicides, a fundamental challenge has been a lack of information about the veterans' level of exposure to these herbicides. To address that problem, researchers developed a model to assess the opportunity for herbicide exposure among these veterans. Using a geographic information system and a computerized database engine, the model makes it possible to link georeferenced data on herbicide spray paths with information about troop locations and calculate two different proximity-based exposure opportunity metrics. This report presents ... guidance to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs about the best use of this herbicide exposure assessment model. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 140 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780309114509 0309114500 1281300217 9781281300218 9786611300210 661130021X |