Agent Orange and the Prevalence of Cancer among the Vietnamese Population 30 Years after the End of the Vietnam War
During the Vietnam War, more than 70 million liters of military herbicide were sprayed over the combat zone. This study uses self and proxy-reported data on cancer status obtained from a nationally representative health survey of the Vietnamese pop...
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090908152119 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4234 |
| Summary: | During the Vietnam War, more than 70
million liters of military herbicide were sprayed over the
combat zone. This study uses self and proxy-reported data on
cancer status obtained from a nationally representative
health survey of the Vietnamese population (N=158,019),
combined with measures of military herbicide exposure
computed from detailed information on US and allied wartime
military activities. No significant difference in the
prevalence of reported cancer is detected between communes
with some degree of exposure and those with none. When
restricting the analysis to exposed communes and adopting a
continuous measure of herbicide exposure, there is evidence
of a dose-response relationship; among communes that were
exposed, increasing exposure to past military spraying is
associated with increasing prevalence of reported cancer in
2001-2002. There is mixed evidence as to whether cohorts
born before or after the end of the spraying campaigns are
equally affected. |
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