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Corporate Author Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Gulf War and Health: Long-Term Effects of Blast Exposures, author.

Title Gulf War and health : long-term effects of blast exposures / Committee on Gulf War and Health: Long-Term Effects of Blast Exposures ; Board on the Health of Select Populations ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2014]
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 210 pages) : illustrations (some color)
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Summary "Since the United States began combat operations in Afghanistan in October 2001 and then in Iraq in March 2003, the numbers of US soldiers killed exceed 6,700 and of US soldiers wounded 50,500. Although all wars since World War I have involved the use of explosives by the enemy, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq differ from previous wars in which the United States has been involved because of the enemy's use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The use of IEDs has led to an injury landscape different from that in prior US wars. The signature injury of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars is blast injury. Numerous US soldiers have returned home with devastating blast injuries and they continue to experience many challenges in readjusting to civilian life. Gulf War and Health, Volume 9 is an assessment of the relevant scientific information and draws conclusions regarding the strength of the evidence of an association between exposure to blast and health effects. The report also includes recommendations for research most likely to provide VA with knowledge that can be used to inform decisions on how to prevent blast injuries, how to diagnose them effectively, and how to manage, treat, and rehabilitate victims of battlefield traumas in the immediate aftermath of a blast and in the long term"--Publisher's description.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Summary -- Introduction -- Methods -- Pathophysiology of blast injury and overview of experimental data -- Human health outcomes -- Recommendations.
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Subject Blast injuries.
Blast injuries.
Explosions -- Physiological effect.
Explosions -- Physiological effect.
War wounds.
War wounds.
Medicine -- Research -- United States.
Medicine -- Research.
United States.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Health aspects.
Iraq War (2003-2011)
Shock waves.
Shock waves.
Blast Injuries -- complications.
Blast Injuries -- psychology.
Explosions.
Iraq War, 2003-2011.
United States.
Afghanistan.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Title Gulf War and health, volume 9 : long-term effects of blast exposures
Other Form: Print version: Gulf war and health, volume 9. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2014 0309267641 (OCoLC)877850490
ISBN 9780309267663 (electronic book)
0309267668 (electronic book)
9780309267649 (paperback)
0309267641 (paperback)