@article{ref1,
title="Chemical weapons exposures in iraq: challenges of a public health response a decade later",
journal="U.S. Army Medical Department journal",
year="2016",
author="Baird, Coleen and Mirza, Raul and Sharkey, Jessica M. and Teichman, Ron and Longmire, Romarius and Harkins, Deanna and Llanos, Joseph and Abraham, Joseph and McCannon, Charles and Heller, Jack and Tinklepaugh, Carole and Rice, William",
volume="",
number="3-16",
pages="75-84",
abstract="An October 14, 2014 article in The New York Times reported that the US Department of Defense (DoD) concealed, for nearly a decade, circumstances surrounding service members' exposure to chemical warfare agents (CWA) while deployed to Iraq in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn from March 13, 2003, to December 31, 2011, and alleged failure of the DoD to provide expedient and adequate medical care. This report prompted the DoD to devise a public health investigation, with the Army Public Health Center (Provisional) as the lead agency to identify, evaluate, document, and track CWA casualties of the Iraq war. Further, the DoD revisited and revised clinical guidelines and health policies concerning CWA exposure based on current evidence-based guidelines and best practices.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1524-0436",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}