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réf. ria9780309288866_inpHardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Reviews peer-reviewed scientific reports concerning associations between health outcomes and exposure to TCDD and other chemicals in the herbicides used in Vietnam that were published in October 2010 - September 2012 and integrates this hardcover
1994réf. 91408Washington DC: National Academy Press 1994. Presumed First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Very good. xviii 2 812 pages. Maps. Illustrations. Tabular data. Appendixes. Glossary. Acronyms and Abbreviations. Index. No dust jacket present. Signed inscriptionassociation unclear that reads: "To Scholar Brendan Jermer Garwin with much affection and respect from granddad who served for years as an Air Force Force "Launch Hound" Committee and The Veterans Administration Committee to study the legacy of exposure to herbicides in Vietnam signature unreadable Sept. 30 1997". In response to decades of concern surrounding the possible long-term health consequences of exposures to herbicides and the contaminant dioxin Congress directed the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to request the National Academy of Sciences NAS to conduct a comprehensive review and evaluation of the available scientific and medical information regarding the health effects of exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides used during the Vietnam conflict. This report from the Institute of Medicine IOM Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides was submitted in compliance with P. L.102-4. This work reviews and evaluates the available scientific evidence regarding the association between exposure to specific chemical compounds in herbicides used in Vietnam and a range of health effects and provides the committee's assessment for the Department of Veterans Affairs to consider as it exercises its responsibilities to veterans. The report provides the committee's recommendations for areas in which future research is likely to be productive. Have U.S. military personnel experienced health problems from being exposed to Agent Orange its dioxin contaminants and other herbicides used in Vietnam This definitive volume summarizes the strength of the evidence associating exposure during Vietnam service with cancer and other health effects and presents conclusions from an expert panel. Veterans and Agent Orange provides a historical review of the issue examines studies of populations in addition to Vietnam veterans environmentally and occupationally exposed to herbicides and dioxin and discusses problems in study methodology. The core of the book presents: What is known about the toxicology of the herbicides used in greatest quantities in Vietnam; What is known about assessing exposure to herbicides and dioxin'; What can be determined from the wide range of epidemiological studies conducted by different authorities; What is known about the relationship between exposure to herbicides and dioxin and cancer reproductive effects neurobehavioral disorders and other health effects. The book describes research areas of continuing concern and offers recommendations for further research on the health effects of Agent Orange exposure among Vietnam veterans. This volume will be critically important to both policy makers and physicians in the federal government Vietnam veterans and their families veterans organizations researchers and health professionals. National Academy Press hardcover
1994réf. __0309075297National Academies Press 1994. Paperback. New. revised ed. edition. 832 pages. 8.94x6.06x2.17 inches. National Academies Press paperback
1999réf. 36499Washington DC: National Academy Press 1999. very good. 24 cm 611 tables references appendices index front board slightly soiled. National Academy Press unknown
1996réf. 19394Washington DC: National Academy Press 1996. Second printing stated. Hardcover. Good. xvi 2 365 1 pages. This is an ex-library copy with the usual library markings. No dust jacket present. This book updates and evaluates the available scientific evidence regarding statistical associations between diseases and exposure to dioxin and other chemical compounds in herbicides used in Vietnam focusing on new scientific studies and literature published since the release of Veterans and Agent Orange 1994. The update gives special attention to the relationship between exposure to herbicides and the development of birth defects and transient peripheral neuropathy as well as the relationship between exposure to herbicides and the subsequent development of prostate hepatobiliary nasopharyngeal and other cancers. The book also explores the relationship between the length of time since first exposure and the possible risk of cancer development. It reviews and summarizes the strength of scientific evidence concerning the association between herbicide use in Vietnam and each disease suspected to be associated with such exposure. This book updates and evaluates the available scientific evidence regarding statistical associations between diseases and exposure to dioxin and other chemical compounds in herbicides used in Vietnam focusing on new scientific studies and literature published since the release of Veterans and Agent Orange 1994. The update gives special attention to the relationship between exposure to herbicides and the development of birth defects and transient peripheral neuropathy as well as the relationship between exposure to herbicides and the subsequent development of prostate hepatobiliary nasopharyngeal and other cancers. The book also explores the relationship between the length of time since first exposure and the possible risk of cancer development. It reviews and summarizes the strength of scientific evidence concerning the association between herbicide use in Vietnam and each disease suspected to be associated with such exposure. The Table of Contents includes: Front Matter; 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; 2 VETERANS AND AGENT ORANGE: THE INITIAL IOM REPORT; 3 TOXICOLOGY; 4 METHODOLOGIC CONSIDERATIONS IN EVALUATING THE EVIDENCE; 5 EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; 6 EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; 7 CANCER; 8 LATENCY AND CANCER RISK; 9 REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS; 10 NEUROBEHAVIORAL DISORDERS; 11 OTHER HEALTH EFFECTS; APPENDIX A INFORMATION GATHERING; APPENDIX B RISK OF DISEASE IN VIETNAM VETERANS; and APPENDIX C COMMITTEE AND STAFF BIOGRAPHIES. National Academy Press hardcover
1955réf. 36775Washington DC: Veterans Administration 1955. good. Quarto approx. 200 illus. figures footnotes bibliography boards somewhat worn and soiled. 10 bulletins bound together. Bound documents such as this are increasingly scarce. Important look at the post-World War II and Korean War periods. Veterans Administration hardcover
1977réf. 237169Oakland: VVAW 1977. 8.5x11 inch handbill printed both sides very good. On the case of Ali Hussin of Michigan who got into a fist fight with a regional VA officer who had cuts his disability benefits. The charges against Hussin were dropped. In addition to his leadership role in VVAW Hussin was a board member of the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services and supported the Republic of New Africa. VVAW unknown books
2000réf. 62354Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 2000. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. iv 248 p. Includes illustrations. Serial No. 106-40. This hearing examined the Department of Veterans Affairs disability claims processing. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
1994réf. 63952Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1994. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Distribution label on back page. Corner of several pages creased. iv 213 p. 23 cm. Illustrations. Occasional footnotes. Serial no. 103-19. The Committee was concerned that despite increased public awareness of women in the military and the fact that women were a fast growing segment of the veteran population it appeared that the Department of Veterans Affairs had not improved the availability of gender-specific health care services needed by women veterans. U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
réf. 0656373857.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1908réf. 28703Boston MA: Department of Massachusetts U. S. W. V. Good with no dust jacket. 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Good hardcover edition no names or other marks. The front cover has a couple of nicks to the cloth and board. Light spotting and soiling on covers. Binding is tight and text is clean. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 167 pages . Department of Massachusetts U. S. W. V. hardcover
72 pages. Circa 1982-83. Perhaps the first book to be written by workers on the question of Canada's entering the second depression. Their dismay at finding another generation of young families faced with the same prospects of unemployment, has prompted them to compile an outline of world and national development leading to recurring crises in private enterprise systems. The authors have used a historical materialist approach in attempting to make the history and background of depressions understandable to the average working class reader. Gift greetings inside front cover else clean and unmarked. Light wear. Very nice copy. Book
1982réf. 83700782Winnipeg Manitoba Canada: Ad hoc Winnipeg Committee of Unemployed Youth and Veterans of the Great Depression 1982. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 72 pages. Circa 1982-83. Perhaps the first book to be written by workers on the question of Canada's entering the second depression. Their dismay at finding another generation of young families faced with the same prospects of unemployment has prompted them to compile an outline of world and national development leading to recurring crises in private enterprise systems. The authors have used a historical materialist approach in attempting to make the history and background of depressions understandable to the average working class reader. Gift greetings inside front cover else clean and unmarked. Light wear. Very nice copy. (Ad hoc) Winnipeg Committee of Unemployed Youth and Veterans of the Great Depression Paperback
1888réf. 308London: Hodder and Stoughton 1888. Hard Cover. -- 1st Edition seventh thousand. Bound in the publisher's red cloth with coated black endpapers bright gilt lettering to the spine and an insect gilt-stamped on the front board. Illustrated with six folding maps all in color and in excellent condition as well as with several engravings. The cloth is minimally soiled the corners are slightly bumped; hinges are still strong; text is clean throughout. Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
1976réf. 237172San Jose: VVAW 1976. 8.5x14 inch handbill printed one side very good. "1976 - the Bicentennial year. All year long we've been hit with red white and blue garbage about how all of us have to unite with the Rich the same people who sent us off to Vietnam or some other place to protect their wealth the same people who break our backs in their factories and shops. VVAW unknown books
1977réf. 237171San Francisco: VVAW 1977. 8.5x11 inch handbill printed one side very good. Asks the reader to join the Fighting Vets Contingent at the Veterans Day parade in San Francisco. VVAW unknown books
294 pages. Bibliography. Abundant archival black and white illustrations. Author's signature and inscription to relatives atop front free endpaper. "...An attempt to impart to the reader some of Elzevir's vast history, mixed with first-hand memories of the past as recalled by the contributors." - from Preface. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
1915réf. 40978New Orleans 1915. Three printed broadside letters each signed in facsimile by Wm. E. Mickle Adjutant General and Chief of Staff dated 27 February 1904; 17 June 1912; and 1 Nov. 1915. First letter signed in type by Stephen D. Lee Lieutenant General Commanding; the others signed in type by Bennett H. Young General Commanding. Light edge wear else Very Good. Fifty-two delegates representing nine Confederate veterans' organizations elected General John B. Gordon of Georgia as their first commander in chief a position that he held until his death in 1904" "United Confederate Veterans ." Dictionary of American History. . Encyclopedia website 15 May. 2026. The 1912 Letter General Orders No. 4 announces "the following resolution adopted at the Reunion held in Macon Ga. That we hereby most heartily commend to the favorable consideration of the reading public the book written by Hon. Hillary A. Herbert titled 'The Abolition Crusade and Its Consequences.' The book is especially adapted for use in the public and other schools; and the school authorities would do well to make it one of their books of history.". unknown
310 p. Hardcover Very good condition good
380 pages. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. Includes dozens of family histories plus sections on: Tie and Timber Camps; Homestead; Trapping, Hunting and Fishing; Early Community Life; Schools; Stores and Trucking; Forget Me Not; Wedding Anniversaries; War Veterans; Tragedies and Disasters; Pictorial; Memorabilia. Handsome decorated maroon cloth-covered boards. Very light wear. Clean, bright and unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
1972réf. 592342Boston: Beacon Press 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket with the tiny price on the front flap inked over. The Winter Soldier Investigation was a controversial meeting of Vietnam veterans who met to testify about American war crimes in Vietnam. Former presidential candidate John Kerry is listed as a participant in the investigation but doesn't seem to be mentioned specifically in the text. Beacon Press hardcover
réf. 0807002518.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 080700250X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1972réf. 507405beacon Press. Good/Good. 1972. Hardcover. Hard Cover. 080700250X RB-2 . beacon Press hardcover
215 pages. "At last, after years of fictionalized RCMP stories, we now have the real thing, told by the real men who were there." - Betty Kennedy. Reveals the disparity in living conditions then and now - the hardships, tragedy, discipline and humour, all in sharp contrast to the contemporary environment of their successors. Unmarked. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
