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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780006003321

Titolo

Veterans and agent orange [[electronic resource] ] : update 2000 / / Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 2001

ISBN

0-309-17101-6

1-280-18465-5

9786610184651

0-309-50299-3

Edizione

[3rd biennial update.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (623 p.)

Disciplina

363.17/9

Soggetti

Agent Orange - Health aspects

Agent Orange - Toxicology

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

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1 Executive Summary""; ""2 Veterans and Agent Orange: Previous IOM Reports""; ""3 Toxicology""; ""4 Methodological Considerations in Evaluating the Evidence""; ""5 Exposure Assessment""; ""6 Epidemiologic Studies""; ""7 Cancer""; ""8 Reproductive Effects""; ""9 Neurobehavioral Disorders""; ""10 Other Health Effects""; ""APPENDIX A Summary of Workshop on the Review of Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides""; ""APPENDIX B ICD·9 Codes for Cancer Outcomes""

""APPENDIX C Committee and Staff Biographies""""Index""