Veterans and agent orange : update 1996 / Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Contributor:

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agent Orange--Health aspects.

Agent Orange.

Agent Orange--Toxicology.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--Health risk assessment--United States.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 pages)

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, 1996.

Language Note:

English

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780309142458

0309142458

9780585025247

058502524X