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Weapon of Mass Destruction

Any weapon designed to kill human beings in exceptionally large numbers. Examples include biological, chemical and nuclear weapons. International agreements limit the spread of these weapons and they are rarely used in practice. However, they remain a significant political risk in some parts of the world.
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Patients treated with spironolactone showed a marked decrease in home SBP compared with alternative drug groups (WMD = -4.5 mm Hg; 95% CI, -4.63 to -4.37 mm Hg), but alternative drugs reduced home DBP significantly more than spironolactone (WMD = 0.6 mm Hg; 95% CI, 0.55-0.65 mm Hg).
Q: How effective is spironolactone for treating resistant hypertension?
The constituents of WMD, CBRN, and CBRNE overlap to a great degree.
Defining the CBRNE Problem
It is important to note that CFSP did not create a common defence policy but it envisaged the "eventual framing of a common defense policy which might in time lead to common defense".4 Thus CFSP could not address the link between WMD and national defence and left unanswered, pertinent questions about the nuclear arsenals belonging to France and the UK.
A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE EU'S WMD STRATEGY: A CASE STUDY OF IRAN
Iran commenced its biological WMD program at Damghan, after experiencing Iraqi chemical WMD, with technical assistance from Russian scientists.
WMD Proliferation Threatens The World
They also underscore the importance of having a group of well-trained, motivated first responders at post that can step up to address the special circumstances presented by WMD incidents, natural disasters and other large-scale events.
Emergency action: training readies embassy Damascus responders
He is less successful in offering solutions that are unique to WMD proliferation, and while he advocates logical approaches, his recommendations lean more toward business as usual rather than true reform.
WMD Proliferation: Reforming the Security Sector to Meet the Threat
(8) Defense Secretary William Cohen's intense interest in consequence management led to the concept of National Guard WMD Civil Support Teams to assist state and local emergency responders.
A counter-WMD strategy for the future
He said the central claim Saddam could launch WMD within 45 minutes should have been "corrected".
UK's Blair voices defiance over Iraq war
Saudi Arabia renewed Tuesday its call for a Middle East free from weapons of mass destruction (WMD) during a UN-sponsored workshop in Riyadh, reported pan Arab newspaper ASHARQ AL AWSAT Wednesday.
Saudi-nuclear
A random-effects model was used to calculate the weighted mean difference (WMD) and 95% CIs as the difference between the mean for the glucomannan and control groups.
Effect of glucomannan on plasma lipid and glucose concentrations, body weight, and blood pressure: systematic review and meta-analysis
We now know, of course, that Saddam had no WMD, much less a functioning nuclear weapons program.
Deterring America: Rogue States and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
A WMD WAKEUP CALL (The Japan Times, an English-language daily)
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