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

by National Research Council and Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309083389
• ISBN13: 9780309083386
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 42 Pages