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Suggested Citation:"FRONT MATTER." Institute of Medicine. 1997. Characterizing Exposure of Veterans to Agent Orange and Other Herbicides Used in Vietnam: Scientific Considerations Regarding a Request for Proposals for Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5732.
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Characterizing Exposure of Veterans to Agent Orange and Other Herbicides Used in Vietnam

Scientific Considerations Regarding a Request for Proposals for Research

Committee on the Assessment of Wartime Exposure to Herbicides in Vietnam

Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE

NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, D.C.
1997

Suggested Citation:"FRONT MATTER." Institute of Medicine. 1997. Characterizing Exposure of Veterans to Agent Orange and Other Herbicides Used in Vietnam: Scientific Considerations Regarding a Request for Proposals for Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5732.
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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competencies and with regard for appropriate balance.

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Support for this study was provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Contract No. V101(93)P-1331). The views, opinions, and/or findings contained in this report are those of the Committee on the Assessment of Wartime Exposure to Herbicides in Vietnam and should not be construed as an official Department of Veterans Affairs position, policy, or decision unless so designated by other documentation.

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Suggested Citation:"FRONT MATTER." Institute of Medicine. 1997. Characterizing Exposure of Veterans to Agent Orange and Other Herbicides Used in Vietnam: Scientific Considerations Regarding a Request for Proposals for Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5732.
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COMMITTEE ON THE ASSESSMENT OF WARTIME EXPOSURE TO HERBICIDES IN VIETNAM

DAVID G. HOEL* (Chair), Professor and Chairman,

Department of Biometry and Epidemiology, and

Associate Director for Epidemiology,

Medical University of South Carolina

S. KATHARINE HAMMOND, Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Director,

Industrial Hygiene Program, School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley

LOREN D. KOLLER, Professor,

College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University

DANA P. LOOMIS, Associate Professor,

Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

STEPHEN M. RAPPAPORT, Professor of Occupational Health,

Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

THOMAS J. SMITH, Professor of Industrial Hygiene and Director,

Industrial Hygiene Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health

DAVID J. TOLLERUD, Professor,

Public Health and Medicine, and

Chair,

Center for Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences

LAUREN ZEISE, Chief,

Reproductive and Cancer Hazard Assessment Section, Office of Environmental Health and Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency, Berkeley

Staff

DAVID A. BUTLER, Study Director

SANJAY S. BALIGA, Research Associate (as of November 1996)

DEBORAH KATZ, Research Associate (through August 1996)

JAMES A. BOWERS, Project Assistant (as of November 1996)

AMY NOEL O'HARA, Project Assistant (through August 1996)

DONNA D. THOMPSON, Division Assistant

SHARON L. GALLOWAY, Financial Associate

KATHLEEN R. STRATTON, Director,

Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (as of January 1997)

MICHAEL STOTO, Director,

Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (through December 1996)

*  

Member, Institute of Medicine.

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