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From 1972 to 1982, approximately 1,500-2,100 US Air Force Reserve personnel trained and worked on C-123 aircraft that had formerly been used to spray herbicides in Vietnam as part of Operation Ranch Hand. After becoming aware that some of the aircraft on which they had worked had previously served t...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee to Evaluate the Potential Exposure to Agent Orange/TCDD Residue and Level of Risk of Adverse Health Effects for Aircrew of Post-Vietnam C-123 Aircraft (Autor), Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on the Health of Select Populations
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2015]
Temas:
United States. > Agent Orange Act of 1991.
Agent Orange > Testing.
Agent Orange > Health aspects > United States.
Veterans > Health and hygiene > United States.
Flying-machines.
Aircraft
Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins > adverse effects
Defoliants, Chemical > adverse effects
Occupational Exposure > adverse effects
Veterans Health
Vietnam Conflict
Anciens combattants > Santé et hygiène > États-Unis.
Aéronefs.
aircraft.
MEDICAL > Toxicology.
Flying-machines
Agent Orange > Health aspects
Veterans > Health and hygiene
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • TCDD: physicochemical properties and health guidelines
  • Air Force use of the C-123 provider: background and sampling data
  • Evaluation of assessments of possible exposure of Air Force reservists from service In Operation Ranch Hand C-123s
  • Summary of findings
  • References
  • Appendix A: Public agendas from committee meetings
  • Appendix B: History and sampling of C-123s in the united states after spraying herbicides in Vietnam
  • Appendix C: Committee biographies.

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