A topical skin protectant against chemical warfare agents

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 717-719

  Kadar, Tamar ^a   Fishbine, Eliezer ^a   Meshulam, Jacob ^a   Sahar, Rita ^a   Amir, Adina ^a   Barness, Izhak ^a  

^a ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chemical warfare agents; Organophosphates; Skin protectant; Sulfur mustard; VX

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; PATIENT MONITORING; SULFUR;

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS;

SKIN;

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE; METHYLPHOSPHONOTHIOIC ACID S (2 DIISOPROPYLAMINOETHYL) O ETHYL ESTER; MUSTARD GAS; SKIN PROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LD 50; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; RABBIT; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKIN PROTECTION; SURVIVAL; SWINE; TOXICITY TESTING; VOLUNTEER;

ANIMALS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; MUSTARD GAS; SKIN; SWINE;

EID: 0242636845     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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