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Characterizing exposure of veterans to agent orange and other herbicides used in Vietnam : scientific considerations regarding a request for proposals for research / Committee on the Assessment of Wartime Exposure to Herbicides in Vietnam, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Compass series (Washington, D.C.)
- The compass series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agent Orange--Health aspects.
- Agent Orange.
- Agent Orange--Toxicology.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--Health risk assessment--United States.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (62 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Characterizing Exposure of Veterans to Agent Orange and Other Herbicides Used in Vietnam
- Copyright
- Contents
- Charaterizing Exposure of Veterans to Agent Orange and Other Herbicides Used in Veitnam: Scientific Considerations…
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- RFP STATEMENT OF WORK
- SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
- BACKGROUND ON METHODS
- Epidemiologic Study Designs
- Past Exposure Assessment
- AVAILABLE DATA
- POTENTIAL APPROACHES
- VALIDATION OF EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT APPROACHES
- EVALUATION CRITERIA
- Context (10%)
- Technical Merit (35%)
- Feasibility and Validation (25%)
- Personnel and Experience (20%)
- Cost and Timeline (10%)
- RESEARCH PRODUCTS
- REFERENCES
- APPENDIX The Assessment of Exposure to Herbicides Among Vietnam Veterans: A Review and Recommendations for Future Studies
- ABSTRACT
- HERBICIDE USE IN VIETNAM
- The Military Experience in Vietnam
- Military Use of Herbicides in Vietnam
- Operation Ranch Hand
- Non-Ranch Hand Spraying of Herbicides
- Geographical Distribution of Herbicide Sprays
- EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT IN STUDIES OF VIETNAM VETERANS
- Self-Reports
- Records-Based Measures
- Vietnam Service
- Branch of Service
- Combat Experience
- Military Occupation
- NEW APPROACHES TO EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT FROM OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE
- RECONSTRUCTING ESTIMATED EXPOSURE FROM TROOP LOCATION AND HERBICIDESPRAY DATA
- The CDC Exposure Opportunity Index
- The CDC Agent Orange Study
- The Stellmans' Study
- Ranch Hand Exposure Index
- Biomarkers of Exposure in Vietnam
- Biomarkers for TCDD
- Other Dioxin Congeners
- Chloracne as a Biomarker
- CDC Agent Orange Validation Study
- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- Development of the Exposure Reconstruction Model
- Evaluation of the Exposure Reconstruction Model
- REFERENCES.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786610191642
- 9781280191640
- 1280191643
- 9780309590259
- 0309590256
- 9780585154145
- 0585154147
- OCLC:
- 43477238
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