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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Title from table of contents page. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
The intent of the present report is to summarize briefly the work done by the contractor over the life of the study and to serve as a vehicle for cataloging and transmitting that work to VA. The sections below delineate the work of the Columbia University researchers as it evolved from proposal through delivery. It is based on the material provided by the Columbia University researchers in their 6-month progress reports, presentations, draft materials, and final report; and it quotes freely and extensively from these materials. |
| Funding |
Support for this project was provided by the US Department of Veterans Affairs. The project was supported by Cooperative Agreement V101(93)P-1637 between the National Academy of Sciences and the US Department of Veterans Affairs. The views presented in this report are those of the Institute of Medicine Committee on the Assessment of Wartime Exposure to Herbicides in Vietnam and are not necessarily those of the funding agencies. |
| Contents |
Introduction and background -- Contract summary -- Project 1: military unit and herbicide spraying databases, and exposure assessment model development -- Project 2: Covariates, confounders, and consistency: characterizing the Vietnam veteran for epidemiologic studies -- Project 3: evaluation and standardization of military records for use in epidemiologic studies -- Project 4: biomarkers of TCDD (dioxin) exposure in Vietnam veterans -- Project 5: analysis of IARC tissue samples of selected Vietnamese for dioxin and dibenzofuran levels in archived adipose tissue -- Findings, conclusions, and recommendations. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Vietnam War (1961-1975) |
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Agent Orange -- Health aspects.
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Agent Orange -- Health aspects. |
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Agent Orange. |
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Agent Orange -- Toxicology.
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Agent Orange -- Toxicology. |
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- Health risk assessment -- United States.
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Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins -- adverse effects. |
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Environmental Exposure. |
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Herbicides -- adverse effects. |
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Veterans Health. |
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Vietnam Conflict. |
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United States. |
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Vietnam. |
| Chronological Term |
1961-1975 |
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Electronic books.
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Technical reports.
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Technical reports.
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| Added Author |
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Assessment of Wartime Exposure to Herbicides in Vietnam.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Vietnam, Committee on the Assessment of Wartime Exposure to Herbicides in. Characterizing Exposure of Veterans to Agent Orange and Other Herbicides Used in Vietnam : Final Report. Washington : National Academies Press, ©1900 |
| ISBN |
0309582717 |
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9780309582711 |
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1280246278 |
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9781280246272 |
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