Contents

• THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
• COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE HEALTH EFFECTS IN VIETNAM VETERANS OF EXPOSURE TO HERBICIDES
• Reviewers
• Preface
• Executive Summary
• 1. Introduction
  • CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE
  • COMMITTEE'S APPROACH TO THE CHARGE
  • PREVIOUS CONCLUSION REGARDING RESPIRATORY CANCER
  • EVALUATIONS OF LATENCY BY PREVIOUS COMMITTEES
  • ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT
  • REFERENCES
• 2. Evaluation of Latent and Presumptive Periods
  • LATENT PERIOD VS PRESUMPTIVE PERIOD
  • FACTORS THAT AFFECT TIME COURSE OF DISEASE
  • CARCINOGENICITY OF TCDD
  • ANALYSIS OF LATENT PERIOD AND PRESUMPTIVE PERIOD
  • LATENCY AND RESPIRATORY CANCER
  • SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
  • REFERENCES
• 3. Epidemiologic Studies
  • REVIEW OF STUDIES
  • SUMMARY
  • REFERENCES
• 4. Conclusions
  • DATA FOR ESTIMATION OF PRESUMPTIVE PERIOD
  • UNCERTAINTY
  • COMMITTEE'S CONCLUSIONS ON LATENT PERIOD AND PRESUMPTIVE PERIOD
  • REFERENCES
• Appendix Committee and Staff Biographies

Support for this project was provided by the US Department of Veterans Affairs. The project was supported by Cooperative Agreement V101(93)P-1637 between the National Academy of Sciences and the US Department of Veterans Affairs. The views presented in this report are those of the Institute of Medicine Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides and are not necessarily those of the funding agency.

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 competences and with regard for appropriate balance.