Improving the Presumptive Disability Decision-Making Process for Veterans (2008) / Chapter Skim
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, circulatory system diseases, respiratory system diseases, digestive system diseases, genitourinary system diseases, urinary tract infection, muscu loskeletal disease, perinatal conditions, and supplementary classifications. Prepublication Copy – Uncorrected Proof
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46, Tables 16, 19, 21, 23, 24) : • There were no significant differences between the offspring of the Vietnam veterans and those of the non-Vietnam veterans with respect to major, minor, or suspected birth de fects Prepublication Copy – Uncorrected Proof
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; • The attempt at independent validation of certain interview outcomes; and • The meticulous data control and bias-avoidance methods used in all components of the study." Limitations of the VES Prepublication Copy – Uncorrected Proof
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; and • The fact that the VES "exposure," the Vietnam experience, represents a large variety of individual experiences (e.g., combat exposure) that are probably not homogeneous." SELECTED CANCERS STUDY Background Vietnam veterans are concerned that exposure to Agent Orange and especially its TCDD contaminant may negatively impact their health.
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This part of The Selected Cancers Study investigates the association between military service in Vietnam and exposure to phenoxyherbicides and NHL. Cases and Controls The inclusion criterion for the cases includes (Selected Cancers Cooperative Study Group, 1990a, p.
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and age in 1968, and were the same controls for the other cancers investigated. Prepublication Copy – Uncorrected Proof
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and age in 1968, and were the same controls for the other cancers investigated. Prepublication Copy – Uncorrected Proof
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12-13, 1990b, 1990c, 1990d. Prepublication Copy – Uncorrected Proof K-26
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. However, there were no significant differences between the cases of Hodgkin's disease and the controls with respect to the distribution within the 8 registries, being stationed in Vietnam or off the coast of Vietnam, race/ethnicity, reported having sprayed or mixed any herbicide on a farm or ranch, reported having sprayed or mixed any herbicide for right-of-way maintenance, lawn care, or forestry work, reported occupational exposure to phenoxyherbicides, reported occupational exposure to chlorophenols, raised in the Jewish religion, number of siblings lived with while growing up, raised in an urban setting, exposure to Prepublication Copy – Uncorrected Proof K-27
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