Veterans and Agent Orange Herbicide/Dioxin Exposure and Acute Myelogenous Leukemia in the Children of Vietnam Veterans (2002) / Chapter Skim
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Leukemias in younger children, the period during which childhood AML cases are more common, are believed to have a different etiology from those of older children because the genetic abnormalities underlying them are more likely to have been present at birth. The Committee is not aware of any information published since the release of Update 2000 that bears on the issue of the biologic plausibility of any association between paternal exposure to the herbicides used in Vietnam or dioxin and AML in offspring.
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1997. Characterizing Exposure of Veterans to Agent Orange and Other Herbicides Used in Vietnam: Scientific Considerations Regarding a Request for Proposals for Research.
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1993. Cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption by parents of children with acute myeloid leukemia: an analysis within morphological subgroups a report from the Childrens Cancer Group.
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