Catalog > Social Sciences > Politics > Board on the Health of Select Populations & Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides (Eighth Biennial Update): Veterans and Agent Orange (PDF)

Board on the Health of Select Populations & Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides (Eighth Biennial Update)
Veterans and Agent Orange [PDF ebook]
Update 2010

Support

Cover of Board on the Health of Select Populations & Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides (Eighth Biennial Update): Veterans and Agent Orange (PDF)

Because of continuing uncertainty about the long-term health effects of the sprayed herbicides on Vietnam veterans, Congress passed the Agent Orange Act of 1991. The legislation directed the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to request the Institite of Medicine to perform a comprehensive evaluation of scientific and medical information regarding the health effects of exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides used in Vietnam to be followed by biennial updates. The 2010 update recommends further research of links between Vietnam service and specific health outcomes, most importantly COPD, tonsil cancer, melanoma, brain cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and paternally transmitted effects to offspring.

€3.83

Buy this ebook and get 1 more FREE!

Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 836 ● ISBN 9780309214483 ● Publisher National Academies Press ● Published 2012 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 7143605 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

Requires a DRM capable ebook reader

More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor

Board on the Health of Select Populations Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides (Eighth Biennial Update)Institute of Medicine

116,531 Ebooks in this category

Cover of Darren J. O'Byrne: The Dimensions of Global Citizenship

Darren J. O’Byrne: The Dimensions of Global Citizenship

The Dimensions of Global Citizenship takes issue with the assumption that ideas about global citizenship are merely Utopian ideals. The author argues that, far from being a modern phenomenon, world c …

Cover of Luc J. Wintgens: Legislation in Context: Essays in Legisprudence

Luc J. Wintgens: Legislation in Context: Essays in Legisprudence

The essays in this volume set out to provide a rational framework for legislation. Whilst legislation and regulation is the result of a political process, this volume considers whether they can also …

Cover of Robert J. Lieber: Foreign Policy

Robert J. Lieber: Foreign Policy

The best writing on foreign policy integrates theory and policy in ways that address the principal questions about a country”s place in the world and encourage the reader to think about contemporary …

Cover of Conall Mallory: Human Rights Imperialists

Conall Mallory: Human Rights Imperialists

To what extent do a state”s obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights apply beyond its territorial borders? Are soldiers deployed on overseas operations bound by the human rights com …

Cover of Ryszard (WSB University in Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland.) Borowiecki & Zbigniew (Jagiellonian University, Poland.) Makiela: Sustainability, Technology and Innovation 4.0

Ryszard (WSB University in Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland.) Borowiecki & Zbigniew (Jagiellonian University, Poland.) Makiela: Sustainability, Technology and Innovation 4.0

Sustainability, Technology and Innovation 4.0 is a holistic perception and analysis of innovation at the level of public organisations, innovation in industry and innovation in HR. Its chapters colle …

Cover of Jane Jordan: The Four Stages of Highly Effective Crisis Management

Jane Jordan: The Four Stages of Highly Effective Crisis Management

From the Japanese tsunami and the Egyptian revolution to the Haitian earthquake and the Australian floods, social media has proven its power to unite, coalesce, support, champion, and save lives. Pre …

Cover of Tom (Dalarna University, Sweden) Lundborg: Politics of the Event

Tom (Dalarna University, Sweden) Lundborg: Politics of the Event

Despite occupying a central role and frequently being used in the study of international politics, the concept of the ‘event’ remains in many ways unchallenged and unexplored. By combining the philos …

Cover of Martyn (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.) Bond: The Council of Europe

Martyn (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.) Bond: The Council of Europe

The book provides a succinct and much needed introduction to the Council of Europe from its foundation through the early conventions on human rights and culture to its expansion into the fields of so …

Cover of Vassiliki N. Koutrakou & Paul G. Nixon: E-government in Europe

Vassiliki N. Koutrakou & Paul G. Nixon: E-government in Europe

This book traces the development of e-government and its applications across Europe, exploring the effects of information and communication technology (ICTs) upon political action and processes. Expl …

Cover of Wyn Rees: Transatlantic Counter-Terrorism Cooperation

Wyn Rees: Transatlantic Counter-Terrorism Cooperation

An incisive new analysis of transatlantic security cooperation, probing the roots as well as the future directions of this key relationship in world affairs. Since the 1990s, this cooperation has exp …