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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Main Author: Do, Quy-Toan
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
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spelling 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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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
East Asia and Pacific
Southeast Asia
Asia
Vietnam
relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5041
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Do, Quy-Toan
author_facet Do, Quy-Toan
author_sort Do, Quy-Toan
title Agent Orange and the Prevalence of Cancer among the Vietnamese Population 30 Years after the End of the Vietnam War
title_short Agent Orange and the Prevalence of Cancer among the Vietnamese Population 30 Years after the End of the Vietnam War
title_full Agent Orange and the Prevalence of Cancer among the Vietnamese Population 30 Years after the End of the Vietnam War
title_fullStr Agent Orange and the Prevalence of Cancer among the Vietnamese Population 30 Years after the End of the Vietnam War
title_full_unstemmed Agent Orange and the Prevalence of Cancer among the Vietnamese Population 30 Years after the End of the Vietnam War
title_sort agent orange and the prevalence of cancer among the vietnamese population 30 years after the end of the vietnam war
publishDate 2012
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