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Main Title Veterans and agent orange. Length of presumptive period for association between exposure and respiratory cancer /
CORP Author Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides.
Publisher National Academies Press,
Year Published 2004
OCLC Number 55082366
ISBN 9780309091886; 0309091888; 9780309531436 (PDF); 0309531438 (PDF)
Subjects Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins--adverse effects ; Defoliants, Chemical--adverse effects ; Occupational Exposure ; Respiratory Tract Neoplasms--etiology ; Veterans ; Warfare ; Vietnam ; Agent Orange--Health aspects ; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--Health risk assessment--United States ; Respiratory organs--Cancer ; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Veterans--Health risk assessment--United States
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309091888/html/
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309091888/html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK215864/
Holdings
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EKBM  RA1242.T44I56 2004 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 07/16/2004
ERAM  RA1242.T44I56 2004 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 05/14/2004
Collation xii, 61 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Also available online in PDF format. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Notes
In 1991, because of continuing uncertainty about the long-term effects on Vietnam veterans who were exposed to herbicides during their service in Vietnam, Congress passed legislation that requested an ongoing comprehensive evaluation of scientific and medical information regarding this topic. This report is part of that ongoing evaluation.