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Agent OrangeHealth StudiesVietnam Veteranshealth studies of Allied Vietnam Veterans

Agent Orange: Health StudiesVietnam Veteranshealth studies of Allied Vietnam Veterans [The first Allied combat, combat advisory, and support forces arrived in South Vietnam in January 1962. Over the next 10 years, almost 3 million military personnel from the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, and Thailand engaged in combat or support operations in the Vietnam War. The deployment of major combat forces into South Vietnam found them unprepared for the disease ridden and environmental conditions they encountered. Beyond the possibilities of injury and death during combat, military men and women were exposed to many diverse agents that may have affected their health, and thus causing injury and disease while in service or after discharge. RANCH HAND flew its last sorties in South Vietnam with tactical herbicides on 7 January 1971. The United States, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea have conducted extensive health studies of their Vietnam veterans. At least 24 morbidity studies and 19 mortality studies have been published by the four nations. The results of the morbidity and mortality studies of Vietnam veterans illustrated the impact of the “Vietnam Experience”, which had no relationship to environmental exposures to Agent Orange/TCDD or other tactical herbicides. The 30-year follow-up of Army Vietnam veterans and the 20-year Air Force Health study reconfirmed that Agent Orange was not associated with the results of these two studies. For those US Army Chemical Corps veterans who sprayed herbicides, the odd ratios for diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, and chronic respiratory condition were significantly elevated (P > 0.05). However, Chemical Corps personnel were significantly exposed to other chemical and environmental sources than just tactical herbicides.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Agent OrangeHealth StudiesVietnam Veteranshealth studies of Allied Vietnam Veterans

Part of the Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Book Series (volume 58)
Young, Alvin L.
Agent Orange — Jul 26, 2022
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  • AL Young (2011)

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    Mil Med, 176

Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
ISBN
978-3-031-08186-6
Pages
127 –169
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-08187-3_9
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Abstract

[The first Allied combat, combat advisory, and support forces arrived in South Vietnam in January 1962. Over the next 10 years, almost 3 million military personnel from the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, and Thailand engaged in combat or support operations in the Vietnam War. The deployment of major combat forces into South Vietnam found them unprepared for the disease ridden and environmental conditions they encountered. Beyond the possibilities of injury and death during combat, military men and women were exposed to many diverse agents that may have affected their health, and thus causing injury and disease while in service or after discharge. RANCH HAND flew its last sorties in South Vietnam with tactical herbicides on 7 January 1971. The United States, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea have conducted extensive health studies of their Vietnam veterans. At least 24 morbidity studies and 19 mortality studies have been published by the four nations. The results of the morbidity and mortality studies of Vietnam veterans illustrated the impact of the “Vietnam Experience”, which had no relationship to environmental exposures to Agent Orange/TCDD or other tactical herbicides. The 30-year follow-up of Army Vietnam veterans and the 20-year Air Force Health study reconfirmed that Agent Orange was not associated with the results of these two studies. For those US Army Chemical Corps veterans who sprayed herbicides, the odd ratios for diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, and chronic respiratory condition were significantly elevated (P > 0.05). However, Chemical Corps personnel were significantly exposed to other chemical and environmental sources than just tactical herbicides.]

Published: Jul 26, 2022

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