Veterans and Agent Orange : update 1996 /

Veterans and Agent Orange : update 1996 /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate author / creator:	Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides.
Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1996.
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 365 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Agent Orange -- Health aspects. Agent Orange -- Toxicology. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- Health risk assessment -- United States. Herbicides -- adverse effects. Dioxins -- adverse effects. Environmental Exposure. Veterans. Warfare. Agent Orange -- Health aspects. Agent Orange -- Toxicology. Veterans -- Health risk assessment. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11099768

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ISBN:	058502524X 9780585025247 9780309054874 0309054877 9780309142458 0309142458 0309054877
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. English. Print version record.
Summary:	This book updates and evaluates the available scientific evidence regarding statistical associations between diseases and exposure to dioxin and other chemical compounds in herbicides used in Vietnam, focusing on new scientific studies and literature published since the release of Veterans and Agent Orange (1994). The update gives special attention to the relationship between exposure to herbicides and the development of birth defects and transient peripheral neuropathy, as well as the relationship between exposure to herbicides and the subsequent development of prostate, hepatobiliary, nasopharyngeal, and other cancers. The book also explores the relationship between the length of time since first exposure and the possible risk of cancer development. It reviews and summarizes the strength of scientific evidence concerning the association between herbicide use in Vietnam and each disease suspected to be associated with such exposure.
Other form:	Print version: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides. Veterans and Agent Orange. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1996 0309054877

Table of Contents:

Veterans and Agent Orange: the Initial IOM Report
Toxicology
Methodologic considerations in evaluating the evidence
Exposure assessment
Epidemiologic studies
Cancer
Latency and cancer risk
Reproductive effects
Neurobehavioral disorders
Other health effects.