Legal aspects and international assistance related to the deliberate use of chemicals to cause harm

Toxicology

Volumn 214, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 249-255

  Kenyon, Ian R ^a   Gutschmidt, Kersten ^a   Cosivi, Ottorino ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chemical weapons; Geneva Protocol; International law; OPCW; WHO

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT;

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; COMMUNITY; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 26044478658     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2005.06.017     Document Type: Article

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