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Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2010

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Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2010
Author: Institute of Medicine ; Board on the Health of Select Populations ; Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides (Eighth Biennial Update)
Subjects: Agent Orange ; Agent Orange-Health aspects ; Agent Orange-Toxicology ; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 ; Vietnam War, 1961-1975-Veterans-Health risk assessment-United States
Description: 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: Washington, D.C: National Academies Press
Creation Date: 2011
Format: 836
Language: English
Identifier: ISBN: 0309214475
ISBN: 9780309214476
EISBN: 0309214483
EISBN: 9780309214483
DOI: 10.17226/13166
OCLC: 929504982
Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete

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