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Characterizing Exposure of Veterans to Agent Orange and Other Herbicides Used in Vietnam Final Report (2003) / Chapter Skim
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... Classifying and Modeling the Mobility of Military Units The Columbia University researchers developed a new concept for studying troop movement for use in reconstructing herbicide-exposure histories based on a concept they called the mobility factor. The mobility factor is a three-part classification system for characterizing the location and movement of military units in Vietnam.
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... These agreements contained specific maps and descriptions of, for example, base camps and power stations. The researchers reviewed those documents and extracted extensive quantitative data, including complete dimensions of about 200 base camps, locations of airfields, water supplies, and hospitals.
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