4 options
Veterans and agent orange : herbicide/dioxin exposure and acute myelogenous leukemia in the children of Vietnam veterans / 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.
- Series:
- Compass series.
- Compass series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agent Orange--Health aspects.
- Agent Orange.
- Herbicides--Health aspects.
- Herbicides.
- Dioxins--Health aspects.
- Dioxins.
- Acute myeloid leukemia in children.
- Veterans--Diseases--United States.
- Veterans.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (42 p.)
- Edition:
- 3rd biennial update.
- Other Title:
- Herbicide/dioxin exposure and acute myelogenous leukemia in the children of Vietnam veterans
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 2001, in response to a request by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), the Institute of Medicine (IOM) called together a committee to conduct a review of the scientific evidence regarding the association between exposure to dioxin and other chemical compounds in herbicides used in Vietnam and acute myelogenous leukemia in the offspring of Vietnam veterans. Based on the scientific evidence reviewed in this report, the committee finds there is inadequate or insufficient evidence to determine if an association exists between exposure to the herbicides used in Vietnam or their contaminants and acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) in the children of Vietnam veterans. This is a change in classification from the recent Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2000 report, which found limited/suggestive evidence for such an association.
- Contents:
- ""Front Matter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""SUMMARIES OF EPIDEMIOLOGIC EVIDENCE""; ""SYNTHESIS""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Appendix A Workshop on the Review of Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides (Third Biennial Update)""; ""Appendix B Committee and Staff Biographies""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 23-25).
- ISBN:
- 9786610184484
- 9780309169875
- 0309169879
- 9781280184482
- 1280184485
- 9780309508186
- 0309508185
- OCLC:
- 814268575
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.