Advisory Committee on Health-Related Effects of Herbicides: Transcript of Proceedings (Third Meeting, April 12, 1979)

摘要

The main purpose of the Third Meeting of the Veterans Administration (VA) Advisory Committee on Health-Related Effects of Herbicides was to discuss position papers on the herbicide Agent Orange. The proceedings include summary statements by the originator of each paper, comments by the staff, and open discussion by the members of the Advisory Committee on the possible effects of Agent Orange on Vietnam veterans. Also included in the proceedings is a discussion on whether available data on exposure of Vietnam veterans to herbicides permits the performance of scientifically valid epidemiological studies on the long-term health effects of herbicides on this group.