The utility of proximity-based herbicide exposure assessment in epidemiologic studies of Vietnam veterans / 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.

• Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Making Best Use of the Agent Orange Exposure Reconstruction Model.
• TeilnehmendeR: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Making Best Use of the Agent Orange Exposure Reconstruction Model.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xix, 140 p. :; ill.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 9780309114493 (pbk.); 0309114497 (pbk.)
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: 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.

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.