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In 1988, the US Centers for Disease Control published 'Health Status of Vietnam Veterans III. Reproductive Outcomes and Child Health,' which…
LiteratureAgent OrangeHerbicidesSpina BifidaVeterans AdministrationSpina bifida is a birth defect that affects the spines of developing fetuses and infants, and research in the 20th century indicated that chemicals…
Agent OrangeHerbicidesSpina BifidaNeural tube--AbnormalitiesSpinal cord--AbnormalitiesMatthew Stanley Meselson conducted DNA and RNA research in the US during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. He also influenced US policy…
Holmes, Frederic LawrenceMeselson, MatthewStahl, Franklin W.Watson, James D., 1928-Crick, Francis, 1916-2004In 1984, J. David Erickson and his research team published the results of a study titled 'Vietnam Veterans' Risks for Fathering Babies with Birth…
LiteratureAgent OrangeHerbicidesSpina BifidaVeterans AdministrationSprayed extensively by the US military in Vietnam, Agent Orange contained a dioxin contaminant later found to be toxic to humans. Despite reports by…
Agent OrangeHerbicidesSpina BifidaNeural tube--AbnormalitiesSpinal cord--AbnormalitiesIn March 1996, the National Academy of Sciences of the United States released 'Veterans and Agent Orange Update 1996: Summary and Research Highlights…
LiteratureAgent OrangeHerbicidesSpina BifidaVeterans AdministrationArthur W. Galston studied plant hormones in the United States during the late-twentieth century. His dissertation on the flowering process of soybean…
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