A Study on Dioxin Contamination in Herbicide Sprayed Area in Vietnam by GIS
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Dang Duc Nhu1, Teruhiko Kido2, Nguyen Ngoc Hung1, Phung Tri Dung1, Le Thi Hong Thom1, Rie Naganuma2, Nobuhiro Sawano3, Le Ke Son4, Kenji Tawara5, Hideaki Nakagawa5 and Le Vu Quan6 1Division for Mitigation of the Consequences of the Chemicals Used During the War on Human Health (10-80 Division), Hanoi Medical University, 2Division of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, 3Seiryo Women’s Junior College, Tori-1, Goshomachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-0813 4Vietnam Environment Administration, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment 5Department of Public Health, Kanazawa Medical University, 1-1 Daigaku, Uchinada, Ishikawa 920-0293, 6Department of Economics, Seattle University, 1,4Vietnam, 2,3,5Japan 6USA
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