TY  - BOOK
ED  - Institute of Medicine (U.S.).
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - The utility of proximity-based herbicide exposure assessment in epidemiologic studies of Vietnam veterans
AV  - RA1242.T44 U85 2008eb
U1  - 615.9/5137 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - National Academies Press
KW  - Agent Orange
KW  - Health aspects
KW  - Toxicology
KW  - Vietnam War, 1961-1975
KW  - Veterans
KW  - Health risk assessment
KW  - United States
KW  - Herbicides
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
N2  - 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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ER  -