Variable Name Dictionary for the Air Force Health Study 1987 Physical Examination Data Tape. Volume 2.

摘要

The Air Force Health Study is a 20-year cohort study of the health, mortality, and reproductive outcomes of veterans of Operation Ranch Hand, the unit responsible for aerial spraying of herbicides in Vietnam during the period 1961 to 1971. The study is designed to determine whether herbicides or their contaminant, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (dioxin) is associated with adverse health. Air Force veterans who served in Southeast Asia during the same period that the Ranch Hand unit was operational and who were not occupationally exposed to herbicides serve as control group. Study participants were physically examined in 1982, 1985, 1987, and 1992. At each examination, participants were administered questionnaires and psychological tests. This data tape contains data collected at the 1987 (Cycle 3) physical examination. The data files include all variables analyzed in the 1987 summary report of findings.