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PAPERBACK list:$38.00 Web:$34.20 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Free Resources Sign in to download PDF book and chapters PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2004 Disposition of the Air Force Health Study Other Related Titles The Utility of Proximity-Based Herbicide Exposure Assessment in Epidemiologic Studies of Vietnam Veterans (2008) Board on Military and Veterans Health (BMVH) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 113   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. Appendix A Agendas for Information-Gathering Meetings Meeting 1 March 8–9, 2007 The Keck Center of the National Academies 500 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, DC Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00 a.m. Introductory Remarks David Savitz, Ph.D. Chair, Committee on Making Best Use of the Agent Orange Exposure Reconstruction Model   Introductions by committee members and meeting attendees 10:15 a.m. Study Context and Goals, Sponsor Perspective Mark Brown, Ph.D. Director, Environmental Agents Service Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs   An Introduction to VA Data Resources Relevant to Use of the Exposure Model   Discussion Page 113 Front Matter (R1-R20) Summary (1-12) 1 Introduction and Background (13-24) 2 The Herbicide Exposure Assessment Model (25-34) 3 Assessment of the Model and Its Capacity to Produce Useful Exposure Metrics (35-64) 4 Data for Epidemiologic Studies of Vietnam Veterans (65-83) 5 Recommendations Regarding Epidemiologic Studies Using the Exposure Assessment Model (84-112) Appendix A: Agendas for Information-Gathering Meetings (113-118) Appendix B: Exposure Measures in Studies of U.S. Vietnam Veterans (119-135) Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members (136-140)

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The Utility of Proximity-Based Herbicide Exposure Assessment in Epidemiologic Studies of Vietnam Veterans Appendix A Agendas for Information-Gathering Meetings Meeting 1 March 8–9, 2007 The Keck Center of the National Academies 500 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, DC Thursday, March 8, 2007 10:00 a.m. Introductory Remarks David Savitz, Ph.D. Chair, Committee on Making Best Use of the Agent Orange Exposure Reconstruction Model   Introductions by committee members and meeting attendees 10:15 a.m. Study Context and Goals, Sponsor Perspective Mark Brown, Ph.D. Director, Environmental Agents Service Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs   An Introduction to VA Data Resources Relevant to Use of the Exposure Model   Discussion

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The Utility of Proximity-Based Herbicide Exposure Assessment in Epidemiologic Studies of Vietnam Veterans 11:00 a.m. An Overview of the Agent Orange Exposure Reconstruction Model Jeanne Mager Stellman, Ph.D. Steven Stellman, Ph.D., M.P.H. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University   Discussion 12:30 p.m. Working lunch in meeting room 1:15 p.m. Additional discussion of the exposure assessment model as needed 1:45 p.m. The Work of the Joint Services Records Research Center Donald Hakenson Director, Joint Services Records Research Center   Discussion 2:15 p.m. General discussion 3:00 p.m. Opportunity for public comment 4:00 p.m. Adjourn open session Meeting 2 April 30–May 1, 2007 The Keck Center of the National Academies 500 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, DC Monday, April 30, 2007 1:30 p.m. Introductory Remarks David Savitz, Ph.D. Chair, Committee on Making Best Use of the Agent Orange Exposure Reconstruction Model   Introductions by committee members and meeting attendees

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The Utility of Proximity-Based Herbicide Exposure Assessment in Epidemiologic Studies of Vietnam Veterans 1:45 p.m. VA Data Resources Relevant to Use of the Agent Orange Exposure Model Han Kang, Ph.D. Director, Environmental Epidemiology Service Director, War-Related Injury and Illness Study Center Department of Veterans Affairs   Discussion 2:30 p.m. Review of the CDC Agent Orange Exposure Index and Validation Study Thomas H. Sinks, Ph.D. Deputy Director, National Center for Environmental Health/ATSDR Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   Discussion 3:15 p.m. Accessing Military Unit Records at the College Park Archives Richard Boylan National Archives and Records Administration   Discussion 3:45 p.m. Accessing Service Member Personnel Records via the IOM Medical Follow-up Agency William Page, Ph.D., and Harriet Crawford, B.S. Institute of Medicine Medical Follow-up Agency   Discussion 4:15 p.m. General discussion 4:30 p.m. Adjourn open session Tuesday, May 1, 2007 8:30 a.m. Introductory Remarks David Savitz, Ph.D. Chair, Committee on Making Best Use of the Agent Orange Exposure Reconstruction Model

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The Utility of Proximity-Based Herbicide Exposure Assessment in Epidemiologic Studies of Vietnam Veterans 8:45 a.m. Environmental Fate of TCDD: Relationships to Human Exposure in Vietnam Alvin L. Young, Ph.D. Visiting Professor, Institute for Science and Public Policy The University of Oklahoma   John P. Giesy, Ph.D. Canada Research Chair in Environmental Toxicology University of Saskatchewan   Discussion 9:30 a.m. Michigan’s Dioxin Exposure Study: Findings of Interest for Agent Orange Exposure Assessment David H. Garabrant, M.D., M.P.H. Professor, Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology The University of Michigan School of Public Health   Discussion 10:00 a.m. Perspectives on Agent Orange Exposure Reconstruction in Vietnam Marie Haring Sweeney, Ph.D., M.P.H. Chief, Surveillance Branch Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations & Field Studies National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health   Discussion 10:45 a.m. Points to Consider When Evaluating the Stellman Model John H. Ross, Ph.D., DABT Director, Environmental Sciences Infoscientific.com, Inc.   Michael E. Ginevan, Ph.D. M.E. Ginevan & Associates   Discussion 11:15 a.m. General discussion 11:45 a.m. Adjourn open session

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The Utility of Proximity-Based Herbicide Exposure Assessment in Epidemiologic Studies of Vietnam Veterans Meeting 3 June 13–14, 2007 The Keck Center of the National Academies 500 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, DC Wednesday, June 13, 2007 1:30 p.m. Introductory Remarks David A. Savitz, Ph.D. Chair, Committee on Making Best Use of the Agent Orange Exposure Reconstruction Model   Introductions by committee members and meeting attendees 1:35 p.m. Demonstration of the Agent Orange Exposure Reconstruction Model and Advice on Tracking Units Jeanne Mager Stellman, Ph.D. Steven Stellman, Ph.D., M.P.H. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University   Discussion 2:40 p.m. Adjourn open session Thursday, June 14, 2007 8:30 a.m. Introductory Remarks David A. Savitz, Ph.D. Chair, Committee on Making Best Use of the Agent Orange Exposure Reconstruction Model 8:35 a.m. Perspectives from the IOM Committee on the Assessment of Wartime Exposure to Herbicides in Vietnam David J. Tollerud, M.D., M.P.H. Professor and Chair Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences University of Louisville, School of Public Health & Information Sciences

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The Utility of Proximity-Based Herbicide Exposure Assessment in Epidemiologic Studies of Vietnam Veterans   Discussion 10:00 a.m. Adjourn open session