[ rate of osteoporosis among asthmatic victims of sulfur mustard gas and comparison with non-chemical asthmatic patients]

ABSTRACT

Background: Chemical victims who have a history of exposure to sulfur mustard gas comprise considerable number of our young population. To evaluate the rate of osteoporosis in a group of asthmatic victims of sulfur mustard gas and to compare it with non-chemical asthmatic patients, in order to determine the distribution, site of involvement, intensity of effects, and difference or indifference with non-exposed group