Main Title |
Veterans and agent orange : update 2000 / |
CORP Author |
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides. |
Publisher |
National Academy Press, |
Year Published |
2001 |
OCLC Number |
47013151 |
ISBN |
0309075521; 9780309075527 |
Subjects |
Agent Orange--Health aspects ;
Agent Orange--Toxicology ;
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--Health risk assessment--United States ;
Dioxins--adverse effects ;
Environmental Exposure ;
Herbicides--adverse effects ;
Veterans--United States ;
War--Vietnam ;
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Veterans--Health risk assessment--United States
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ELBM |
RA1242.T44I57 2001 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
04/02/2013 |
ERAM |
RA1242.T44I57 2001 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
01/30/2004 |
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Edition |
3rd biennial update. |
Collation |
xv, 604 p. ; 24 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents Notes |
Executive summary. Organization and framework ; Toxicology summary ; Exposure assessment ; Conclusions about health outcomes ; Increased risk of disease among Vietnam veterans ; Observations and research recommendations -- Veterans and Agent Orange: previous IOM reports. Background ; Conclusions about health outcomes ; Increased risk of disease among Vietnam veterans ; Existence of a plausible biologic mechanism or other evidence of a causal relationship ; Research recommendations -- Toxicology ; Lay summary ; Overview of the scientific literature in Update 2000 ; Toxicity profile updates ; Issues in evaluating the evidence -- Methodological considerations in evaluating the evidence ; Questions to be addressed ; Issues in evaluating the evidence -- Exposure assessment. Occupational and environmental exposures to herbicides and dioxin ; Military use of herbicides in Vietnam ; Exposure assessment in studies of Vietnam veterans -- Epidemiologic studies. Occupational studies ; Environmental studies ; Vietnam veteran studies ; Observations and research recommendations -- Cancer. Gastrointestinal tract tumors ; Hepatobiliary cancers ; Nasal and nasopharyngeal cancer ; Laryngeal cancer ; Lung cancer ; Bone cancer ; Soft-tissue sarcomas ; Skin cancers: all types ; Skin cancer: melanoma ; Skin cancer: basal and squamous cell (nonmelanoma) ; Breast cancer ; Cancers of the female reproductive system ; Prostate cancer ; Testicular cancer ; Urinary bladder cancer ; Renal cancer ; Brain tumors ; Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma ; Hodgkin's Disease ; Multiple myeloma ; Leukemia -- Reproductive effects. Birth defects ; Fertility ; Spontaneous abortion ; Stillbirth, Neonatal death, and infant death ; Low birthweight and preterm birth ; Childhood cancers ; Sex ratio -- Neurobehavioral disorders. Cognitive and neuropsychiatric effects ; Motor/coordination dysfunction ; Chronic persistent peripheral neuropathy ; Acute and subacute transient peripheral neuropathy ; Conclusions for neurobehaviorial disorders -- Other health effects. Chloracne ; Porphyria cutanea tarda ; Respiratory disorders ; Immune system disorders ; Diabetes ; Lipid and lipoprotein disorders ; Gastrointestinal and digestive disease, Including liver toxicity ; Circulatory disorders ; Amyloidosis. |