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Veterans and agent orange : update 2002 / Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. - Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2003. - 1 online resource (xvi, 619 pages) - Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press. Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf. .

Fourth biennial update.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

""FrontMatter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Considerations in Evaluating the Evidence""; ""3 Toxicology""; ""4 Overview of Epidemiologic Studies""; ""5 Exposure Assessment""; ""6 Cancer""; ""7 Reproductive and Developmental Effects""; ""8 Neurobehavioral 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 (Fourth Biennial Update)""; ""APPENDIX B ICD-9 Codes for Health Outcomes of Interest""

ISBN: 0309526515 (electronic bk.) 9780309526517 (electronic bk.) 9786610183043 661018304X (hardcover) (hardcover)

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1961-1975

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Agent Orange--Health aspects.
Agent Orange--Toxicology.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--Health risk assessment--United States.
Veterans.
Dioxins--adverse effects
Environmental Exposure
Herbicides--adverse effects
Veterans
Warfare
Agent Orange--Toxicologie.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975--Anciens combattants--Risques pour la santé--Évaluation--États-Unis.
Exposition (Toxicologie)
Anciens combattants.
veterans.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Safety.
Agent Orange--Health aspects.
Agent Orange--Toxicology.
Veterans--Health risk assessment.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Subjects--Index Terms: Samfundsvidenskab Sociologi.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: RA1270.T44 / I5721 2003eb

Dewey Class. No.: 363.1/79

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WA 240 I59 2003