Agent Orange exposure and disease prevalence in Korean Vietnam veterans: The Korean veterans health study.
In conclusion, Agent Orange exposure increased the prevalence of endocrine disorders, especially in the thyroid and pituitary gland; various neurologic diseases; COPD; and liver cirrhosis. Overall, this study suggests that Agent Orange/2,4-D/TCDD exposure several decades earlier may increase morbidity from various diseases, some of which have rarely been explored in previous epidemiologic studies.
PMID: 24906069 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Environmental Research - Category: Environmental Health Authors: Yi SW, Hong JS, Ohrr H, Yi JJ Tags: Environ Res Source Type: research
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