Effects of Mustard Gas on Veterans: A Review
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Long-term Effects of Mustard Gas on Iranian Veterans
During the Iraq-Iran war of 1980 -1988, the most commonly used chemical warfare agents (CWA) were nerve agents and sulfur mustard gas (SM). SM was used frequently as a chemical weapon by Iraq during the war against Iran, and had deleterious effects on Iranian military troops and the unprotected inhabitants of Sardasht, Iran and Halabche, Iraq. In this report, we review the scientific literature...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Military and Health Sciences Research
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2383-1979,2383-1960
DOI: 10.5812/amh.62051