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HARDBACK price:$79.00 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Sign in to download PDF book and chapters Free Resources PDF SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2004 Veterans and Agent Orange:Health Effects of Herbicides Used in Vietnam Other Related Titles Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2002 (2003) Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) Institute of Medicine (IOM) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager . "Appendix A: Agendas of Public Meetings." Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2002. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2003. Please select a format: Page 529   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. APPENDIX A Agendas of Public Meetings Held by the Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides (Fourth Biennial Update) FIRST PUBLIC MEETING Wednesday, April 3, 2002 Board Room, NAS Building Washington, D.C. Presentations Welcome, opening remarks, and introductions Irva Hertz-Picciott, PhD Committee Chair Charge to the committee Mark Brown, PhD Director, Environmental Agents Service Department of Veterans Affairs Washington, D.C. Recent data from Ranch Hand Studies Joel Michalek, PhD Principal Investigator, Air Force Research Laboratory Brooks Air Force Base, Texas Page 529 Front Matter (R1-R18) Executive Summary (1-11) 1. Introduction (12-19) 2. Considerations in Evaluating the Evidence (20-29) 3. Toxicology (30-102) 4. Overview of Epidemiologic Studies (103-214) 5. Exposure Assessment (215-241) 6. Cancer (242-392) 7. Reproductive and Developmental Effects (393-446) 8. Neurobehavioral Disorders (447-476) 9. Other Health Effects (477-522) 10. Research Recommendations (523-528) Appendix A: Agendas of Public Meetings (529-530) Appendix B: ICD-9 Codes for Health Outcomes of Interest (531-533) Appendix C: Committee and Staff Biographies (534-538) Index (539-620)

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Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2002 APPENDIX A Agendas of Public Meetings Held by the Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides (Fourth Biennial Update) FIRST PUBLIC MEETING Wednesday, April 3, 2002 Board Room, NAS Building Washington, D.C. Presentations Welcome, opening remarks, and introductions Irva Hertz-Picciott, PhD Committee Chair Charge to the committee Mark Brown, PhD Director, Environmental Agents Service Department of Veterans Affairs Washington, D.C. Recent data from Ranch Hand Studies Joel Michalek, PhD Principal Investigator, Air Force Research Laboratory Brooks Air Force Base, Texas

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Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2002 Husband's death and Agent Orange Jennie LeFevre Shady Side, Maryland Veterans' health problems, heart disease, diabetes, peripheral neuropathy, soft knots covering body, chloracne Shelia Winsett (testimony presented by Jennie LeFevre) Jasper, Alabama Testimony on the behalf of Vietnam Veterans of America Rick Weidman Director of Government Relations Vietnam Veterans of American Silver Spring, Maryland SECOND PUBLIC MEETING Monday, September 9, 2002 Board Room, Hilton Hotel Seattle, WA Presentations Glioblastomas in Vietnam Veterans Danna Hughes (testimony presented by Darren Driggs) President, Vietnam Veterans Wives Republic, WA Glioblastomas and Diabetes and Agent Orange Michael Sallis President and Volunteer Service Officer Grant County Veterans Association Moses Lake, WA Written testimony was submitted by Julie Cummings, Silverthorne, Colorado Public input and discussion among session participants

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