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Chemical Warfare
Study results from King's Center for Military Health Research update understanding of chemical warfare
October 14th, 2008
Data detailed in 'Psychological effects of chemical weapons: a follow-up study of First World War veterans' have been presented. According to a study from London, the United Kingdom, "Chemical weapons exercise an enduring and often powerful psychological effect. This had been recognized during the First World War when it was shown that the symptoms of stress mimicked those of mild exposure to gas." "Debate about long-term effects followed the suggestion that gassing triggered latent tuberculosis. A random sample of 103 First World War servicemen awarded a war pension for the effects of gas, but without evidence of chronic respiratory pathology, were subjected to cluster...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-10-14)
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