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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okr-10986-42342021-04-23T14:02:16Z Agent Orange and the Prevalence of Cancer among the Vietnamese Population 30 Years after the End of the Vietnam War Do, Quy-Toan AGENT ORANGE AIR FORCE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ARMY BLOOD PRESSURE BODY WEIGHT BOMBING BREAST CANCER CASUALTIES CHEMICALS CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS CIVILIAN POPULATIONS COMBAT CONFLICT DIABETES DIOXIN DIOXINS DISABILITY DISEASE DISEASE CONTROL DISEASES EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE ENERGY CONSUMPTION EPIDEMIOLOGY EPILEPSY HEALTH CARE HEALTH CONDITIONS HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH OUTCOMES HOSPITAL HOUSEHOLD SIZE ILLNESSES INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM LEUKEMIA LIVING STANDARDS LUNG CANCER LYMPHOMA LYMPHOMAS MALNUTRITION MEDICINE MENTAL HEALTH MIGRATION MILITARY ASSISTANCE MILITARY MISSIONS MILITARY OPERATIONS MILITARY SERVICE MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORBIDITY MORTALITY NATURAL RESOURCES OCCUPATIONAL RISK OUTPATIENT CARE PATIENTS PEACE PEACE ACCORDS PEACE RESEARCH PESTICIDES PLAGUE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLLUTION POPULATION MOVEMENTS POWDER PREVALENCE PROGRESS PROSTATE PROSTATE CANCER PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH EFFORTS RESPECT RISK FACTORS SARCOMA SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SCREENING SMOKING SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SODIUM SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPOUSE STRATEGIC BOMBING SYMPTOMS URBAN AREAS UROLOGY VD VETERANS VICTIMS VIETNAM WAR VIOLENCE WAR WARFARE WARS WARTIME WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 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. 2012-03-19T19:12:20Z 2012-03-19T19:12:20Z 2009-09-01 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 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5041 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific East Asia and Pacific Southeast Asia Asia Vietnam |
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AGENT ORANGE AIR FORCE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ARMY BLOOD PRESSURE BODY WEIGHT BOMBING BREAST CANCER CASUALTIES CHEMICALS CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS CIVILIAN POPULATIONS COMBAT CONFLICT DIABETES DIOXIN DIOXINS DISABILITY DISEASE DISEASE CONTROL DISEASES EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE ENERGY CONSUMPTION EPIDEMIOLOGY EPILEPSY HEALTH CARE HEALTH CONDITIONS HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH OUTCOMES HOSPITAL HOUSEHOLD SIZE ILLNESSES INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM LEUKEMIA LIVING STANDARDS LUNG CANCER LYMPHOMA LYMPHOMAS MALNUTRITION MEDICINE MENTAL HEALTH MIGRATION MILITARY ASSISTANCE MILITARY MISSIONS MILITARY OPERATIONS MILITARY SERVICE MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORBIDITY MORTALITY NATURAL RESOURCES OCCUPATIONAL RISK OUTPATIENT CARE PATIENTS PEACE PEACE ACCORDS PEACE RESEARCH PESTICIDES PLAGUE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLLUTION POPULATION MOVEMENTS POWDER PREVALENCE PROGRESS PROSTATE PROSTATE CANCER PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH EFFORTS RESPECT RISK FACTORS SARCOMA SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SCREENING SMOKING SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SODIUM SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPOUSE STRATEGIC BOMBING SYMPTOMS URBAN AREAS UROLOGY VD VETERANS VICTIMS VIETNAM WAR VIOLENCE WAR WARFARE WARS WARTIME WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION |
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AGENT ORANGE AIR FORCE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ARMY BLOOD PRESSURE BODY WEIGHT BOMBING BREAST CANCER CASUALTIES CHEMICALS CIVIL WAR CIVIL WARS CIVILIAN POPULATIONS COMBAT CONFLICT DIABETES DIOXIN DIOXINS DISABILITY DISEASE DISEASE CONTROL DISEASES EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE ENERGY CONSUMPTION EPIDEMIOLOGY EPILEPSY HEALTH CARE HEALTH CONDITIONS HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH OUTCOMES HOSPITAL HOUSEHOLD SIZE ILLNESSES INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM LEUKEMIA LIVING STANDARDS LUNG CANCER LYMPHOMA LYMPHOMAS MALNUTRITION MEDICINE MENTAL HEALTH MIGRATION MILITARY ASSISTANCE MILITARY MISSIONS MILITARY OPERATIONS MILITARY SERVICE MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORBIDITY MORTALITY NATURAL RESOURCES OCCUPATIONAL RISK OUTPATIENT CARE PATIENTS PEACE PEACE ACCORDS PEACE RESEARCH PESTICIDES PLAGUE POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLLUTION POPULATION MOVEMENTS POWDER PREVALENCE PROGRESS PROSTATE PROSTATE CANCER PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH EFFORTS RESPECT RISK FACTORS SARCOMA SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SCREENING SMOKING SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SODIUM SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPOUSE STRATEGIC BOMBING SYMPTOMS URBAN AREAS UROLOGY VD VETERANS VICTIMS VIETNAM WAR VIOLENCE WAR WARFARE WARS WARTIME WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Do, Quy-Toan Agent Orange and the Prevalence of Cancer among the Vietnamese Population 30 Years after the End of the Vietnam War |
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Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5041 |
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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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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Do, Quy-Toan |
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Do, Quy-Toan |
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Do, Quy-Toan |
| title |
Agent Orange and the Prevalence of Cancer among the Vietnamese Population 30 Years after the End of the Vietnam War |
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Agent Orange and the Prevalence of Cancer among the Vietnamese Population 30 Years after the End of the Vietnam War |
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Agent Orange and the Prevalence of Cancer among the Vietnamese Population 30 Years after the End of the Vietnam War |
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Agent Orange and the Prevalence of Cancer among the Vietnamese Population 30 Years after the End of the Vietnam War |
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Agent Orange and the Prevalence of Cancer among the Vietnamese Population 30 Years after the End of the Vietnam War |
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agent orange and the prevalence of cancer among the vietnamese population 30 years after the end of the vietnam war |
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2012 |
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