The birth of nerve agent warfare: Lessons from Syed Abbas Foroutan

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1590-1596

  Newmark, Jonathan ^a  

^a US ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL DEFENSE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DIAZEPAM; MUSTARD GAS DERIVATIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PRALIDOXIME; SARIN; TABUN;

CAREER; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EXPERIENCE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MILITARY MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 2342663624     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000124519.85516.50     Document Type: Review

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