Veterans and Agent Orange Update 2002 4th Edition by Committee To Review The Health Effects In Vietnam Veterans Of Exposure To Herbicides, Institute of Medicine ISBN 978-0309086165 0309086167

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ISBN 10:  0309086167

ISBN 13:  978-0309086165

Author: Committee To Review The Health Effects In Vietnam Veterans Of Exposure To Herbicides,  Institute of Medicine

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: 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Charge to the Committee
The Committee’s Approach to Its Charge
The Committee’s Evaluation
Research Recommendations

1 INTRODUCTION
Charge to the Committee
Conclusions of Previous Veterans and Agent Orange Reports
Organization of this Report
References

2 CONSIDERATIONS IN EVALUATING THE EVIDENCE
Choice of Health Outcomes
Identification of Relevant Literature
Committee’s Approach to Its Charge
Issues in Evaluating the Evidence
References

3 TOXICOLOGY
Highlights of Previous Reports
Toxicity Profile Update of 2,4-D
Toxicity Profile Update of 2,4,5-T
Toxicity Profile Update of Cacodylic Acid
Toxicity Profile Update of Picloram
Toxicity Profile Update of TCDD
Summary of Toxicity Profiles
Relevance to Human Health
References

4 OVERVIEW OF EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES
Occupational Studies
Environmental Studies
Vietnam-Veteran Studies
References

5 EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT
Exposure Assessment for Epidemiology
Occupational Exposure to Herbicides and TCDD
Environmental Exposure to Herbicides and TCDD
Military Use of Herbicides in Vietnam
Exposure Assessment in Studies of Vietnam Veterans
References

6 CANCER
Gastrointestinal Tract Tumors
Hepatobiliary Cancers
Nasopharyngeal Cancer
Laryngeal Cancer
Lung Cancer
Bone and Joint Cancer
Soft-Tissue Sarcomas
Skin Cancer-Melanoma
Skin Cancer-Basal-cell 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
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Summary
References

7 REPRODUCTIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL EFFECTS
Birth Defects
Fertility
Spontaneous Abortion
Stillbirth, Neonatal Death, and Infant Death
Low Birthweight and Preterm Delivery
Childhood Cancer
Sex Ratio
Summary
References

8 NEUROBEHAVIORAL DISORDERS
Cognitive and Neuropsychiatric Effects
Motor or Coordination Dysfunction
Chronic Persistent Peripheral Neuropathy
Acute and Subacute Transient Peripheral Neuropathy
Summary
References

9 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
AL Amyloidosis
Endometriosis
Thyroid Homeostasis
Summary
References

10 RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS
Vietnam-Veteran Studies
Studies of the Vietnamese
Other Research
References

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