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Agent Orange

Known as: (2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetic acid, butyl ester, mixt. with butyl (2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)acetate, 2,4,D/2,4,5,T 
Code name for a synthetic defoliant developed for military use. Agent Orange is a mixture of two chemicals, 2,4, dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D… 
National Institutes of Health

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2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic AcidDefoliants, ChemicalHerbicides

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2006
2006
Agent Orange, Dioxins, and Other Chemicals of Concern in Vietnam: Update 2006
Objective: The objective of this study was to find sites in Vietnam where there was human exposure from Agent Orange herbicide… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
TCDD Biomonitoring and exposure to agent orange: Still the gold standard
to re-evaluate the issue in light of these new publications,and our work will be presented in a series of articles… 
2003
2003
Immunotoxicological effects of Agent Orange exposure to the Vietnam War Korean veterans.
Immunomodulatory effects of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) demonstrated using animals are thymic atrophy… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Health status of Vietnam veterans. III. Reproductive outcomes and child health. The Centers for Disease Control Vietnam Experience Study.
The Vietnam Experience Study was a multidimensional assessment of the health of Vietnam veterans. From a random sample of… 
1988
1988
Agent Orange Exposure and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Evidence of organic psychological deficits in Vietnam veterans exposed to the herbicide Agent Orange was established through a… 
Review
1988
Review
1988
Combat and herbicide exposures in Vietnam among a sample of American Legionnaires.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Agent Orange on trial : mass toxic disasters in the courts
I. THE CONTEXT 1. A New Kind of Case 2. The Chemical and the Courts II. THE CASE 3. The Agent Orange War 4. Judge Pratt Rules 5… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
Does Agent Orange cause birth defects?
Large quantities of the defoliant, Agent Orange, were sprayed in Vietnam during the war. Agent Orange was composed of two… 
1982
1982
Plant regeneration from callus culture in potato
SummaryA procedure for plant regeneration from callus culture of potato, Solanum tuberosum L. is described. Calli were induced… 
1979
1979
Symptoms in Vietnam veterans exposed to agent Orange.
  • G. Bogen
  • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA…
  • 1979
  • Corpus ID: 26399062
To the Editor.— Agent Orange is an herbicide containing equal parts of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and 2,4,5… 
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