Disposition of the Air Force Health Study / Committee on the Disposition of the Air Force Health Study, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Disposition of the Air Force Health Study.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Air Force Health Study (U.S.).

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--Health risk assessment--Research--United States.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Agent Orange--Health aspects--Research--United States.

Agent Orange.

Veterans--Diseases--Research--United States.

Veterans.

Operation Ranch Hand, 1962-1971.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Air Force Health Study (AFHS)-also known as the Ranch Hand Study-was initiated by the U.S. Air Force in 1979 to assess the possible health effects of military personnel's exposure to Agent Orange and other chemical defoliants sprayed during the Vietnam War, some of which contained dioxin. Over its 25 years, the AFHS has gathered exceptionally detailed physical, mental, and demographic data on nearly 2,800 subjects, including over 86,000 stored serum, semen, and other biospecimens. In addition, reproductive data were collected on 8,100 live births of offspring and mortality data on over 20,000 Vietnam War-era veterans. Disposition of the Air Force Health Study summarizes the contents of the AFHS data assets and offers recommendations on what to do with this trove of information. Its central conclusion is that medical records, other study data, and biospecimens should be transferred to a new custodial organization that would make the materials available for outside investigators for future research. Several organizations are identified as viable candidates to manage these assets.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Reviewers

Contents

Executive Summary

1 Introduction

2 Background

3 The Air Force Health Study Database

4 The Air Force Health Study Specimens Repository

5 Value of the AFHS Research Assets

6 Options and Recommendations for Further Study of the AFHS Data Assets

Appendixes

A Agendas of Public Meetings Held by the Committee on the Disposition of the Air Force Health Study

B Air Force Health Study Data

C Epidemiologic Studies of Vietnam Veterans Health

D Calculation of Expected Number of Deaths in the U.S. Air Force Ranch Hand Morbidity Study Cohort over the Next 10 Years

E Comparison of Data Sharing Programs That Use Data Enclaves

F Committee on the Disposition of the Air Force Health Study.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610447329

9780309164702

0309164702

9781280447327

128044732X

9780309656856

0309656850

OCLC:

69192196