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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460269303321

Titolo

Post-Vietnam dioxin exposure in agent orange-contaminated C-123 aircraft / / Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-309-30891-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (120 p.)

Disciplina

615.95137

Soggetti

Agent Orange - Health aspects - United States

Agent Orange - Testing

Veterans - Health and hygiene - United States

Aircraft - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Committee to Evaluate the Potential Exposure to Agent Orange/TCDD Residue and Level of Risk of Adverse Health Effects for Aircrew of Post-Vietnam C-123 Aircraft, Board on the Health of Select Populations."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter; Reviewers; Acknowledgments; Contents; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 TCDD: Physicochemical Properties and Health Guidelines; 3 Air Force Use of the C-123 Provider: Background and Sampling Data; 4 Evaluation of Assessments of Possible Exposure of Air Force Reservists from Service in Operation Ranch Hand C-123s; 5 Summary of Findings; References; Appendix A: Public Agendas from Committee Meetings; Appendix B: History and Sampling of C-123s in the United States After Spraying Herbicides in Vietnam; Appendix C: Committee Biographies