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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Long-term effects of war

Long-term effects of war

Incidence

40 years after the Vietnam War, unhealthy levels of dioxins from the use of napalm are still found in the tissues of Vietnamese people.

Broader

War
Excellent

Narrower

War psychosis
Excellent
Long-term impacts of chemical and biological warfare
Excellent
Hazardous remnants of war
Excellent
Ageing war disabled
Excellent
Combat trauma
Presentable
Children engendered by occupying soldiers
Presentable
Underestimated economic costs of war
Unpresentable
Loss of institutional credibility
Yet to rate
Delayed consequences of war-time imprisonment and deportation
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

War-time disruption of economies and production facilities
Presentable
Inadequate health services following nuclear war
Presentable
Lack of international cooperation
Yet to rate

Strategy

Recovering from long-term effects of war
Yet to rate
Reconstructing after war
Yet to rate
Documenting conflict
Yet to rate

Value

War
Yet to rate
Short-termism
Yet to rate
Illness
Yet to rate

Reference

Levy, Barry S and Sidel, Victor W: War and Public Health

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Defence » War
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    D7918
    DOCID
    11479180
    D7NID
    139612
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020