Veterans and Agent Orange update 2008 /

Veterans and Agent Orange update 2008 /

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"From 1962 to 1971, the U.S. military sprayed herbicides over Vietnam to strip the thick jungle canopy that could conceal opposition forces, to destroy crops that those forces might depend on, and to clear tall grasses and bushes from the perimeters of U.S. base camps and outlying fire-support...

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Corporate Authors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.), Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides, Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Agent Orange > Health aspects.
Agent Orange > Toxicology.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Veterans > Health risk assessment > United States.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Evaluating the evidence
  • Exposure to the herbicides used in Vietnam
  • Information related to biologic plausibility
  • Epidemiologic studies--new citations and background on repeatedly studied populations
  • Cancer
  • Reproductive effects and impacts on future generations
  • Neurologic disorders
  • Other health effects
  • Conclusions and recommendations.

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