Veterans and Agent Orange : update 2010

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Label

Veterans and Agent Orange : update 2010

Title remainder

update 2010

Statement of responsibility

Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides, Board on the Health of Select Populations, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Creator

• Institute of Medicine (U.S.), Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides

Contributor

• Institute of Medicine (U.S.), Board on the Health of Select Populations

Subject

• 1961-1975
• Agent Orange -- Health aspects
• Agent Orange -- Health aspects
• Agent Orange -- Toxicology
• Agent Orange -- Toxicology
• Dioxins -- adverse effects -- Vietnam
• Electronic book
• Environmental Exposure -- Vietnam
• MEDICAL -- Toxicology
• United States
• Veterans -- Health risk assessment
• Veterans Health -- United States
• Vietnam War
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans | Health risk assessment -- United States
• Herbicides -- adverse effects -- Vietnam

Genre

• Electronic book

Language

eng

Summary

"Because of continuing uncertainty about the long-term health effects of the sprayed herbicides on Vietnam veterans, Congress passed the Agent Orange Act of 1991. The legislation directed the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to request the Institite of Medicine to perform a comprehensive evaluation of scientific and medical information regarding the health effects of exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides used in Vietnam to be followed by biennial updates. The 2010 update recommends further research of links between Vietnam service and specific health outcomes, most importantly COPD, tonsil cancer, melanoma, brain cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and paternally transmitted effects to offspring."--Publisher's description

Member of

• Ebook Central Academic Complete

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

615.9/5137

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

RA1270.T44

LC item number

I578 2012eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

NLM call number

WA 240

NLM item number

I59 2012