In the 1980s, villages in the Kurdistan region of Iraq were exposed to chemical weapons
(CWs), which killed and injured thousands of civilians. There has been no clinical …

Background The recent use of Chemical Weapons (CWs) in armed conflicts and terror
attacks highlights the importance of understanding their full impact in order to inform an …

ABSTRACT Background: More than 55,000 Iranians suffer from complications due to
chemical warfare agent (CWA) exposure, which occurred during 8 years of conflict between …

Extensive exposure to chemical weapons such as mustard gas, nerve gas and cyanide
causes high mortality, morbidity, injuries, and chronic side effects in vital organs, especially …

The two major threat classes of chemical weapons are mustard gas and the nerve agents,
and this has not changed in over 50 years. Both types are commonly called gases, but they …

Chronic effects of acute, low-level exposure to the chemical warfare agent sulfur mustard Page
255 Chronic Effects of Acute, Low-Level Exposure to the Chemical Warfare Agent Sulfur …

Abstract Background and Objectives: The use of chemical weapons produces widespread
and indiscriminate casualties. The acute and chronic effects of these agents have been …

Aims: Up to now, different reports of the number of injured patients who were exposed
chemical agents during Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) were released. This study aimed to …

Agents of chemical warfare continue to pose a threat to human life. Organophosphorus
compounds are possibly the best known and most used agents in recent times. These are …

In the Iraq–Iran war (1981–1989), extensive use of chemical weapons such as mustard gas
caused high mortality, morbidity, injuries, and chronic side effects in vital organs, especially …