Chemical terrorist attacks: Basis for health care

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 117, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 541-554

  Dueñas Laita, Antonio ^a   Nogué Xarau, Santiago ^b   Prados Roa, Fernando ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO RÍO HORTEGA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c Grupo Español de Reanimación Cardiopulmonar Pediátrica y Neonatal   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDOTE; ATROPINE; CHLORMETHINE; EMETIC AGENT; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN; ISOBUTYLENE; LEWISITE; NEUROTOXIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PHOSGENE; PHYSOSTIGMINE; SARIN; SOMAN; TABUN; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; MUSTARD GAS DERIVATIVE; TEAR GAS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CLASSIFICATION; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; HEALTH CARE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; JAPAN; LATENT PERIOD; LUNG TOXICITY; TOXICITY; UNITED NATIONS; UNITED STATES; VOLATILIZATION; ACCIDENT; DRUG EFFECT; LUNG; TERRORISM;

ACCIDENTS; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; LUNG; MUSTARD COMPOUNDS; NEW YORK CITY; TEAR GASES; TERRORISM; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0035802771     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-7753(01)72172-0     Document Type: Article

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