Characterizing Exposure of Veterans to Agent Orange and Other Herbicides Used in Vietnam Final Report (2003) / Chapter Skim
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Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations
Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations
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The committee fincis, on the basis of its oversight and evaluation of the work, that Jeanne Mager Steliman, principal investigator, and her research colleagues and collaborators have fulfilled the study goals set forth in the request for proposals (IOM, 1997) and have thus: · Developed and (locumented a detailed method for retrospectively characterizing the exposure of Vietnam veterans to the major herbicides used by the military in Vietnam 2,4-D; 2,4,5T; cacodylic acid; and picloram—and the trace contaminants TCDD anti its congeners.
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Additional location data on troops not included in present databases appear to be available at the National Archives for abstraction and use by researchers and other interested parties in future studies. Given current knowledge and available data, the contractor has adequately demonstrated that the draft model is a valid means of assessing wartime herbicide exposure of Vietnam veterans.
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