Veterans and Agent Orange

Update 2002

Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides (Fourth Biennial Update) (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

638 Seiten

2003
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-08616-5 (ISBN)

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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.Table of Contents

Front Matter
Executive Summary
1. Introduction
2. Considerations in Evaluating the Evidence
3. Toxicology
4. Overview of Epidemiologic Studies
5. Exposure Assessment
6. Cancer
7. Reproductive and Developmental Effects
8. Neurobehavioral Disorders
9. Other Health Effects
10. Research Recommendations
Appendix A: Agendas of Public Meetings
Appendix B: ICD-9 Codes for Health Outcomes of Interest
Appendix C: Committee and Staff Biographies
Index

Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides (Fourth Biennial Update)

1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1. Introduction; 4 2. Considerations in Evaluating the Evidence; 5 3. Toxicology; 6 4. Overview of Epidemiologic Studies; 7 5. Exposure Assessment; 8 6. Cancer; 9 7. Reproductive and Developmental Effects; 10 8. Neurobehavioral Disorders; 11 9. Other Health Effects; 12 10. Research Recommendations; 13 Appendix A: Agendas of Public Meetings; 14 Appendix B: ICD-9 Codes for Health Outcomes of Interest; 15 Appendix C: Committee and Staff Biographies; 16 Index

Verlagsort	Washington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin
	Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Pharmakologie / Toxikologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-309-08616-7 / 0309086167
ISBN-13	978-0-309-08616-5 / 9780309086165
Zustand	Neuware