Post-Vietnam military herbicide exposures in UC-123 Agent Orange spray aircraft

During the Vietnam War, approximately 20 million gallons of herbicides, including ~10.5 million gallons of dioxin-contaminated Agent Orange, were sprayed by about 34 UC-123 aircraft that were subsequently returned to the United States, without decontamination or testing, to three Air Force reserve u...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Environmental research 2014-04, Vol.130, p.34-42
Hauptverfasser:	Lurker, Peter A., Berman, Fred, Clapp, Richard W., Stellman, Jeanne Mager
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid - analysis 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid - toxicity 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid - analysis 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid - toxicity Agent Orange Aircraft Biological and medical sciences Contamination Dioxin Dioxins Dioxins - analysis Dioxins - toxicity Environmental Exposure - analysis Estimates Exposure Exposure modeling Flight crews Herbicides - analysis Herbicides - toxicity Humans Male Medical sciences Military aircraft Military Personnel Military planes Models, Theoretical Occupational medicine Organic compounds Pesticides, fertilizers and other agrochemicals toxicology Phenoxyherbicides Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins - analysis Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins - toxicity Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Surface chemistry Toxicology United States Veterans Vietnam Conflict Vietnam War
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