Open AccessAgent Orange and the Vietnamese: the persistence of elevated dioxin levels in human tissues.
Author(s) -
Arnold Schecter,
Liyi Dai,
Lê Thị Bích Thủy,
Hoang Trong Quynh,
D Q Minh,
Hoang Dinh Cau,
Phan Hoaug Phiet,
Nam Trung Nguyen,
John Constable,
Robert W. Baughman
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.85.4.516
Subject(s) - agent orange , vietnamese , persistence (discontinuity) , environmental health , orange (colour) , medicine , chemistry , geography , food science , philosophy , engineering , archaeology , geotechnical engineering , linguistics
The largest known dioxin contamination occurred between 1962 and 1970, when 12 million gallons of Agent Orange, a defoliant mixture contaminated with a form of the most toxic dioxin, were sprayed over southern and central Vietnam. Studies were performed to determine if elevated dioxin levels persist in Vietnamese living in the south of Vietnam.