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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778615503321

Titolo

Veterans and Agent Orange [[electronic resource] ] : herbicide/dioxin exposure and type 2 diabetes / / Committee to Review the Evidence Regarding the Link between Exposure to Agent Orange and Diabetes, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2000

ISBN

0-309-17149-0

1-280-12355-9

9786613527417

0-309-51348-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (76 p.)

Collana

The Compass series

Disciplina

615.9/5137

Soggetti

Agent Orange - Health aspects

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Veterans - Health risk assessment

Diabetes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""SYNTHESIS""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIX A Summary of Workshops on the Evidence Regarding a Link Between Exposure to Agent Orange and Diabetes""; ""APPENDIX B Excerpts from the Discussion of Type 2 Diabetes in Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 1998""; ""APPENDIX C Committee and Staff Biographies""