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Nature 446, 369-371 (22 March 2007) | doi:10.1038/446369a; Published online 21 March 2007

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Four years in Iraq: The war against wounds

Emma Marris1

  1. Emma Marris is a reporter for Nature based in Washington DC.

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The US military is getting a lot of flak for the way it treats wounded soldiers returning from Iraq. Emma Marris reports on the advances in medical care that are helping to bring them home.

Many numbers can be used to tell the stories of war. Almost 3,500 Americans dead in Iraq and Afghanistan.