Veterans and Agent Orange health effects of herbicides used in Vietnam
Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine.
- Washington, D.C. National Academy Press 1994.
- xviii, 812 p. 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
History of the controversy over the use of herbicides -- U.S. military and the herbicide program in vietnam -- Toxicology -- Methodologic considerations in evaluating the evidence -- Exposure assessment -- Epidemiologic studies -- Cancer -- Reproductive effects -- Neurobehavioral effects -- Other health effects -- Research recommendations -- Information gathering: literature searches -- Information gathering: presentations to the committee and outside meetings -- Methodologic observations on the Ranch Hand Study.
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Agent Orange--Health aspects. War Veterans Herbicides--adverse effects. Environmental Exposure Dioxins--adverse effects. Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--Health risk assessment--United States. Agent Orange--Toxicology.