Assessing Health Outcomes Among Veterans of Project Shad (Shipboard Hazard and Defense)

by Board on the Health of Select Populations, Committee on Shipboard Hazard and Defense II (Shad II), Institute of Medicine, et al.

Between 1963 and 1969, the U.S. military carried out a series of tests, termed Project SHAD (Shipboard Hazard and Defense), to evaluate the vulnerabilities of U.S. Navy ships to chemical and biological warfare agents. These tests involved use of active chemical and biological agents, stimulants, tracers, and decontaminants. Approximately 5,900 military personnel, primarily from the Navy and Marine Corps, are reported to have been included in Project...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309380715
• ISBN13: 9780309380713
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.4" x 11.0"