1. Cutaneous burns from CS incapacitant spray

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 74-77

  Southward, R D ^a  

^a SOUTH TYNESIDE DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 CHLOROBENZYLIDENEMALONONITRILE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL BURN; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EYE; HUMAN; MALE; POLICE; SAFETY; SKIN;

ADULT; BURNS, CHEMICAL; EYE; HUMANS; MALE; O-CHLOROBENZYLIDENEMALONITRILE; POLICE; SAFETY; SKIN;

EID: 0035220411     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580240104100114     Document Type: Article

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