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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826811503321

Titolo

Veterans and agent orange : 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

Reviewers -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- Veterans and Agent Orange: Previous IOM Reports -- Toxicology -- Methodological Considerations in Evaluating the Evidence -- Exposure Assessment -- Epidemiologic Studies -- Cancer -- Reproductive Effects -- Neurobehavioral Disorders -- 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