Veterans and Agent Orange
eBook - ePub

Veterans and Agent Orange

Herbicide/Dioxin Exposure and Acute Myelogenous Leukemia in the Children of Vietnam Veterans

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eBook - ePub

Veterans and Agent Orange

Herbicide/Dioxin Exposure and Acute Myelogenous Leukemia in the Children of Vietnam Veterans

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About this book

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.

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Information

Publisher
National Academies Press
Year
2002
eBook ISBN
9780309169875
Edition
0
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. COVER PAGE
  2. COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE HEALTH EFFECTS IN VIETNAM VETERANS OF EXPOSURE TO HERBICIDES (THIRD BIENNIAL UPDATE)
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Reviewers
  5. Contents
  6. Veterans and Agent Orange: Herbicide/Dioxin Exposure and Acute Myelogenous Leukemia in the Children of Vietnam Veterans
  7. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  8. INTRODUCTION
  9. SUMMARIES OF EPIDEMIOLOGIC EVIDENCE
  10. SYNTHESIS
  11. CONCLUSIONS
  12. REFERENCES