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Assessment of potential exposure to agent orange and its associated TCDD

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  1. Institute for Science and Public Policy, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA

    Alvin L. Young

  2. Department of Zoology, National Food Safety and Toxicology Center and Center for Integrative Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

    John P. Giesy & Paul Jones

  3. Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

    Michael Newton

  4. Department of History, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    John F. Guilmartin

  5. Historian and Archivist, The RANCH HAND Vietnam Association, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, USA

    Paul F. Cecil

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Young, A.L., Giesy, J.P., Jones, P. et al. Assessment of potential exposure to agent orange and its associated TCDD. Environ Sci & Pollut Res 11, 347–348 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02979650

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