The utility of proximity-based herbicide exposure assessment in epidemiologic studies of Vietnam veterans  [electronic resource] / 
Committee on Making Best Use of the Agent Orange Exposure Reconstruction Model, Board on Military and Veterans Health, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  National Academies Press,  c2008. 
 - xix, 140 p. :  ill. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2013. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Agent Orange--Health aspects.<br/>Agent Orange--Toxicology.<br/>Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--Health risk assessment--United States.<br/>Veterans--Health aspects--United States.<br/>Herbicides--Health aspects.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA1242.T44  / U85 2008eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>615.9/5137