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PAPERBACK list:$21.00 Web:$18.90 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Free Resources Sign in to download PDF book and chapters PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2004 Disposition of the Air Force Health Study Other Related Titles Veterans and Agent Orange: Herbicide/Dioxin Exposure and Type 2 Diabetes (2000) Institute of Medicine (IOM) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 45   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. APPENDIX A Summary of Workshops on the Evidence Regarding a Link Between Exposure to Agent Orange and Diabetes PUBLIC WORKSHOP 1 July 23, 1999 Board Room, National Academy of Sciences Building, Washington, D.C. Workshop Presentations and Speakers Cancer, Heart Disease, and Diabetes in Workers Exposed to 2,3,7,8-TCDD Marilyn A. Fingerhut, Ph.D., Chief of Staff, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, D.C. Diabetes and TCDD in the Air Force Health Study Joel Michalek, Ph.D., Air Force Research Laboratory, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas An Evolution of Diabetes Mellitus and Serum Glucose Among U.S. Workers Exposed to 2,3,7,8-TCDD Geoffrey M. Calvert, M.D., Medical Officer, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio Dioxin and Diabetes in Subjects with Background-Level Exposure Matthew Longnecker, Ph.D., Medical Research Officer, National Institute for Environmental Safety and Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina Potential Relationship Between TCDD and Diabetes Philip Kern, M.D., Associate Chief of Staff, Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, and Professor of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas Page 45 Front Matter (R1-R10) Executive Summary (1-3) Introduction (4-10) Summaries of Epidemiologic Evidence (11-34) Synthesis (35-35) Conclusions (36-37) References (38-44) Appendix A: Summary of Workshops on the Evidence Regarding a Link Between Exposure to Agent Orange and Diabetes (45-46) Appendix B: Excerpts from the Discussion of Type 2 Diabetes in Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 1998 (47-60) Appendix C: Committee and Staff Biographies (61-66)

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Veterans and Agent Orange: Herbicide/Dioxin Exposure and Type 2 Diabetes APPENDIX A Summary of Workshops on the Evidence Regarding a Link Between Exposure to Agent Orange and Diabetes PUBLIC WORKSHOP 1 July 23, 1999 Board Room, National Academy of Sciences Building, Washington, D.C. Workshop Presentations and Speakers Cancer, Heart Disease, and Diabetes in Workers Exposed to 2,3,7,8-TCDD Marilyn A. Fingerhut, Ph.D., Chief of Staff, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, D.C. Diabetes and TCDD in the Air Force Health Study Joel Michalek, Ph.D., Air Force Research Laboratory, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas An Evolution of Diabetes Mellitus and Serum Glucose Among U.S. Workers Exposed to 2,3,7,8-TCDD Geoffrey M. Calvert, M.D., Medical Officer, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio Dioxin and Diabetes in Subjects with Background-Level Exposure Matthew Longnecker, Ph.D., Medical Research Officer, National Institute for Environmental Safety and Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina Potential Relationship Between TCDD and Diabetes Philip Kern, M.D., Associate Chief of Staff, Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, and Professor of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas

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Veterans and Agent Orange: Herbicide/Dioxin Exposure and Type 2 Diabetes PUBLIC WORKSHOP 2 June 9, 2000 Room 180, National Academy of Sciences Building, Washington, D.C. Workshop Speaker Dioxin and Diabetes in Ranch Hand Veterans Joel Michalek, Ph.D., Air Force Research Laboratory, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas Discussants' Presentations Philip Kern, M.D., Associate Chief of Staff, Research, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, and Professor of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas Bonnie LaFleur, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, D.C. Michael Stoto, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, D.C.; and Member, Ranch Hand Advisory Board

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