Veterans and Agent Orange
eBook - ePub

Veterans and Agent Orange

Update 2000

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eBook - ePub

Veterans and Agent Orange

Update 2000

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About this book

Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2000 examines the state of the scientific evidence regarding associations between diseases and exposure to dioxin and other chemical compounds in herbicides used in Vietnam. It is the fourth in a series of comprehensive reviews of epidemiologic and toxicologic studies of the agents used as defoliants during the Vietnam War. Over forty health outcomes in veterans and their children are addressed.Among the report's conclusions is that there is sufficient evidence of a link between exposure and the development of soft-tissue sarcoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, and chloracne in veterans. Additionally, it found that scientific studies offer "e;limited or suggestive"e; evidence of an association with other diseases in veterans"e;including Type 2 diabetes, respiratory cancers, prostate cancer, multiple myeloma and some forms of transient peripheral neuropathy"e;as well as the congenital birth defect spina bifida in veterans' children.

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Information

Publisher
National Academies Press
Year
2001
eBook ISBN
9780309171014
Edition
0
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. COVER PAGE
  2. THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
  3. COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE HEALTH EFFECTS IN VIETNAM VETERANS OF EXPOSURE TO HERBICIDES (THIRD BIENNIAL UPDATE)
  4. Reviewers
  5. Preface
  6. Contents
  7. 1 Executive Summary
  8. 2 Veterans and Agent Orange: Previous IOM Reports
  9. 3 Toxicology
  10. 4 Methodological Considerations in Evaluating the Evidence
  11. 5 Exposure Assessment
  12. 6 Epidemiologic Studies
  13. 7 Cancer
  14. 8 Reproductive Effects
  15. 9 Neurobehavioral Disorders
  16. 10 Other Health Effects
  17. APPENDIX A Summary of Workshop on the Review of Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides
  18. APPENDIX B ICD•9 Codes for Cancer Outcomes
  19. APPENDIX C Committee and Staff Biographies
  20. Index