Diabetes and cancer in veterans of Operation Ranch Hand after adjustment for calendar period, days of spraying, and time spent in Southeast Asia | Health & Environmental Research Online (HERO)

Health & Environmental Research Online (HERO)

You are here: EPA Home

Research

NCEA

HERO

Diabetes and cancer in veterans of Operation Ranch Hand after adjustment for calendar period, days of spraying, and time spent in Southeast Asia

Please wait while we submit your request.
This may take several minutes...

Feedback

HERO ID

199573

Reference Type

Journal Article

Title

Diabetes and cancer in veterans of Operation Ranch Hand after adjustment for calendar period, days of spraying, and time spent in Southeast Asia

Author(s)

Michalek, JE; Pavuk, M

Year

2008

Journal

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
ISSN: 1076-2752
EISSN: 1536-5948

Volume

Page Numbers

330-340

DOI

10.1097/JOM.0b013e31815f889b

Abstract

Background: The Air Force Health Study was launched in 1980 as part of a Federal effort to resolve the Agent Orange issue. Objectives: To
study diabetes and cancer with additional adjustment for days of
spraying, calendar period of service, and time spent in Southeast Asia (SEA). Methods: This was a longitudinal study of veterans of
Operation Ranch Hand, the unit responsible for spraying Agent Orange
and other 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)-contaminated
herbicides in Vietnam from 1962 to 1971. Results: Associations between TCDD and diabetes and between TCDD and cancer in Ranch Hand
veterans are strengthened after adjustment for calendar period of service, days of spraying, and, for cancer, time spent in SEA. Conclusions: Calendar period of service, days of spraying, and time spent in SEA are important confounders in the Air Force Health Study.

HERO Navigation