Health Effects of the Iraq War

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REPORTS ON IRAQI CIVILIANS

The Human Cost of the War in Iraq: A Mortality Study, 2002-2006
Gilbert Burnham, et al.  Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine Al Mustansiriya University.

Mortality Before and After the 2003 Invasion of Iraq: Cluster Sample Survey - Les Roberts et al., The Lancet, November 2004

Mortality After the 2003 Invasion of Iraq: a Cross-Sectional Cluster Sample Survey- Gilbert Burnham et al., The Lancet, October 2006

Iraq: Time to Signal a New Era for Health in Foreign Policy - editorial by Richard Horton, The Lancet, October 2006

The Iraq War - Do Civilian Casualities Matter - Les Robert's MIT Center for International Studies, July 2005

REPORTS ON US SERVICE PERSONNEL

Mental Health Problems, Use of Mental Health Services, and Attrition From Military Service After Returning From Deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan Charles W. Hoge, et al. JAMA. 2006;295:1023-1032.

Neuropsychological Outcomes of Army Personnel Following Deployment to the Iraq War
Jennifer J. Vasterling, et al.  JAMA. 2006; 296:519-529.

Combat Duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, Mental Health Problems, and Barriers to Care
Charles W.  Hoge, et  al. N Engl J Med, Volume 2004;351:13-22

Casualties of War — Military Care for the Wounded from Iraq and Afghanistan
Atul Gawande, M.D., M.P.H., N Engl J Med, Volume 2004;351:2471-2475. 

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression in Battle-Injured Soldiers
Thomas A. Grieger, M.D., et al. Am J of Psychiatry 163:1777-1783, Oct 2006

National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder contains detailed information about PTSD, including treatment modalities, general resource information, publications, research and contact information.

REPORTS ON HEALTH AND ECONOMIC COSTS

Securing Health: Lessons from Nation-Building Missions Seth J. Jones, et al. RAND Center for International and Domestic Health Security, 2006

The Economic Costs of the Iraq War
Joseph Stiglitz, Linda Bilmes, NBER Working Paper 12054, February 2006

Iraq Health Update: Conflict fuels Iraqi Health Crisis
Kingston Reif, Medact, 2006

Enduring affects of war - Health in Iraq 2004 - Med Act, 2004