The New Iraqi Journal of Medicine (ISSN 1817-5562): is the first international Iraqi peer-reviewed medical journal.
The journal was established in 2005 as Al Karkh Journal of Medicine but from the third issue the journal was renamed to its current title. It is the official medical journal of the Iraqi Ministry of Health. The editor in chief is Aamir Jalal Al-Mosawi.
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