Gulf War and Health: Volume 9: Long-Term Effects of Blast Exposures

by Institute of Medicine, Committee on Gulf War and Health Long-Term Effects of Blast Exposures, Board on the Health of Select Populations

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)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309267641
• ISBN13: 9780309267649
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"