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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819745303321

Titolo

Veterans and Agent Orange [[electronic resource] ] : update 2006 / / Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2007

ISBN

1-281-11021-3

9786611110215

0-309-10709-1

Edizione

[6th biennial update.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (893 p.)

Disciplina

615.9/5137

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 contenuto

Front matter; Reviewers; Preface; Contents; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Summary; 1  Introduction; 2  Evaluating the Evidence; 3  Toxicology; 4  Epidemiologic Studies-New Citations for Update 2006 and Background on Repeatedly Studied Populations; 5  Exposure Assessment; 6  Cancer; 7  Reproductive and Developmental Effects; 8  Neurologic Disorders; 9  Other Health Effects; 10  Research Recommendations; APPENDIX A Agendas of Public Meetings Held by the Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides (Sixth Biennial Update)

APPENDIX B Clarification of Cancer Groupings Used in Reporting Results, with Correspondence to NIOSH Cause-of-Death Codes and ICD Codes for CancersAPPENDIX C Epidemiologic Tables for Chapter 4; APPENDIX D Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides (Sixth Biennial Update) and Staff Biographies