TY - JOUR
T1 - Untoward effects of gas masks during Persian Gulf war
AU - Huminer, David
AU - Pitlik, Silvio D.
AU - Katz, Abraham
AU - Metzker, Aryeh
AU - David, Michael
AU - Zimran, Ari
AU - Ashkenazi, Yaakov J.
AU - Vardy, Daniel A.
AU - Laver, Zehava
AU - Zakai-Rones, Zichria
AU - Klaus, Sidney N.
AU - Borkan, Jeffrey
AU - Reis, Shmuel
PY - 1991/8/22
Y1 - 1991/8/22
N2 - To the Editor: During the recent Persian Gulf war, there were 18 missile attacks from western Iraq on scattered areas in Israel. The fear of chemical warheads resulted in the preventive use of gas masks by the Israeli population for variable periods after each alarm. We would like to report some of the medical complications that were associated with the wearing of gas masks. Seven people were reported to have died of asphyxia because of their failure to remove the protective plastic seal on the gas-mask filter. Lesser degrees of transient hypoxia were noted, especially in persons with cardiopulmonary disorders.
AB - To the Editor: During the recent Persian Gulf war, there were 18 missile attacks from western Iraq on scattered areas in Israel. The fear of chemical warheads resulted in the preventive use of gas masks by the Israeli population for variable periods after each alarm. We would like to report some of the medical complications that were associated with the wearing of gas masks. Seven people were reported to have died of asphyxia because of their failure to remove the protective plastic seal on the gas-mask filter. Lesser degrees of transient hypoxia were noted, especially in persons with cardiopulmonary disorders.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0025777097
U2 - 10.1056/nejm199108223250812
DO - 10.1056/nejm199108223250812
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C2 - 1857393
AN - SCOPUS:0025777097
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 325
SP - 582
EP - 583
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 8
ER -