Agent Orange exposure, Vietnam War veterans, and the risk of prostate cancer. Cancer. 2008;113:2464-2470.Chamie, K, Devere White, RW (2008) Agent Orange exposure, Vietnam War veterans, and the risk of prostate cancer. Cancer 113: pp. 2464-2470...
Agent Orange was a chemical used during the Vietnam War. It was awesome in its destructive capacity and terrifying in its legacy. Read on to find out why its name is synonymous with the very worst in warfare. Background to Agent Orange and the Vietnam War ...
Agent Orange and the other toxic herbicides to which they had been exposed in Vietnam. Veterans began to file claims in 1977 to the Department of Veterans Affairs for disability payments for health care for conditions they believed were associated with exposure to Agent Orange, or more ...
Agent Orange has been linked to many health problems in Vietnam veterans and Vietnamese civilians. Thousands have died from conditions likely brought on by exposure to Agent Orange. The herbicide, and its componentdioxin, is considered to be one of the most dangerous substances in the world [s...
Several Vietnam veterans have developed illnesses that are directly related to their exposure to Agent Orange. According to theVeterans Administration(VA) any service member who served in Vietnam “between January 9, 1962 and May 7, 1975” is automatically assumed...
Agent Orange exposure, Vietnam War veterans, and the risk of prostate cancer In their article, Chaime et al addressed an important question: the association between exposure to Agent Orange and 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzodioxin (TCDD) and the development of prostate cancer in American Vietnam ve...
Agent Orange英英释义 noun an herbicide widely used as a defoliant in the Vietnam War that is composed of 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T and contains dioxin as a contaminant Agent Orange词源中文解释 "橙剂"是美国军队在越南战争中使用的一种强效落叶剂,据报道从1961年开始使用; 其名称源于容器侧面的彩色条纹...
Agent Orange, an herbicide used during the Vietnam War, is a known toxin with wide-ranging health effects. FromScience Daily The cause was Parkinson’s disease, which his family said resulted from exposure to Agent Orange, the toxic chemical sprayed by American aircraft as a defoliant in Viet...
In 1996, the Committee on the Assessment of Wartime Exposure to Herbicides in Vietnam of the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine (IOM
The latest in a series of congressionally mandated biennial reviews of the evidence of health problems that may be linked to exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides used during the Vietnam War found sufficient evidence of an association for hyperte