TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Chemical weapons exposures in iraq: challenges of a public health response a decade later
JO  - U.S. Army Medical Department journal
A1  - Baird, Coleen
A1  - Mirza, Raul
A1  - Sharkey, Jessica M.
A1  - Teichman, Ron
A1  - Longmire, Romarius
A1  - Harkins, Deanna
A1  - Llanos, Joseph
A1  - Abraham, Joseph
A1  - McCannon, Charles
A1  - Heller, Jack
A1  - Tinklepaugh, Carole
A1  - Rice, William
SP  - 75
EP  - 84
VL  - 
IS  - 3-16
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1524-0436
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -