Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2010

by Institute of Medicine, Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides, Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides (Eighth Biennia

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309214475
• ISBN13: 9780309214476
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 836 Pages
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"