Epidemiological study of human costs resulting from Iraq's chemical warfare against Iran

So far، several statistics of the number of victims suffering from chemical damage have been reported in the Iran-Iraq war. The purpose of this study was to investigate the epidemiological situation of the Iranian chemical victims on the basis of information contained in the Martyr Foundation and Veterans Affairs. In this descriptive study، data of the chemically injured veterans proved by Medical Commission of Martyr Foundation and Veterans Affairs، extracted and analyzed. By the end of 1392، 564،108 veterans were registered in Martyr Foundation and Veterans Affairs، including 79 335 patients (1/14%) with proved chemical exposure. Their mean age at the time of the study was 50/1 ± 8/15 and 98/2 percent of them are men. late complications and illnesses resulting from exposure to chemical agents specially sulfur mustard result in increasing number of chemical injuries in recent studies، and it is expected a larger number of military or civilian personnel who have been exposed to chemical agents is identified later.