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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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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Between activism and science: Grassroots concepts for sustainability coined by Environmental Justice Organizations
In their own battles and strategy meetings since the early 1980s, EJOs (environmental justice organizations) and their networks… 
Review
2014
Review
2014
AhR signalling and dioxin toxicity.
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
POST/SOCIALIST AFFECT: Ruination and Reconstruction of the Nation in Urban Vietnam
This article explores the engineering of affect in socialist urban design and subsequent changes in the affective register of a… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans pollution in China: sources, environmental levels and potential human health impacts.
Review
2006
Review
2006
Association between Agent Orange and birth defects: systematic review and meta-analysis.
BACKGROUND The association between parental exposure to Agent Orange or dioxin and birth defects is controversial, due to… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
A review of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-induced changes in immunocompetence: 1991 update.
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
The dread disease: cancer and modern American culture
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Health and reproductive outcomes among American Legionnaires in relation to combat and herbicide exposure in Vietnam.
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Health effects.
What are the health effects of exposure to Agent Orange/dioxin? Dioxin even in tiny amounts (parts per trillion) is associated… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
The Abused child : a multidisciplinary approach to developmental issues and treatment
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