Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 11 (2018) (2018)

Authors

Irva Hertz-Picciotto, University of California, Davis
Nancy Berliner, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Wendy B. Bernstein, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Michael J. Carvan III, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Aravinda Chakravarti, New York University School of Medicine
Dana C. Dolinoy, University of Michigan School of Public Health
Mary A. Fox, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Karl T. Kelsey, Brown University
Molly L. Kile, Brown University
Molly L. Kile, Oregon State University
Andrew F. Olshan, University of North Carolina
Beate R. Ritz, University of California, Los Angeles
Lori A. White, The State University of New Jersey

Date of this Version

2018

Document Type

Article

Citation

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 11 (2018). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: https://doi.org/10.17226/25137.

Comments

Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 11 (2018)

Abstract

Contents

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS xvii

SUMMARY 1

1 INTRODUCTION 17

Previous Veterans and Agent Orange Reports, 18

Charge to the Committee, 19

Information Gathering, 20

Organization of the Report, 21

2 BACKGROUND 25

The Current Population of Vietnam Veterans,25

Military Use of Herbicides in Vietnam, 27

Exposure of Different Groups of Vietnam Veterans, 30

Characterizing Exposure, 38

Determining Increased Risk in Vietnam Veterans, 43