Article
Toxicology and pharmacology of the chemical warfare agent sulfur mustard.
Pharmacological reviews - 1 Jun 1996
Dacre J C, Goldman M
Abstract excerpt
There have been reports of chemical attacks in which sulfur mustard might have been used (a) on Iranian soldiers and civilians during the Gulf War in 1984 and 1985 and (b) in an Iraqi chemical attack on the Iranian-occupied village of Halbja in 1988, resulting in many civilian casualties. Heavy u...
Topics
- Alkylation
- Animals
- Antidotes
- Carcinogens
- Chemical Warfare Agents
- Dermatologic Agents
- Digestive System
- Embryonic and Fetal Development
- Endocrine Glands
- Eye
- Humans
- Mustard Gas
- Mutation
- Neoplasms
- Nervous System
- Respiratory System
- Skin
- Skin Absorption