Liquid sulfur mustard exposure

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 196-198

  Newmark, Jonathan ^a,b,c,d   Langer, Janice M ^b,e   Capacio, Benedict ^a   Barr, John ^f   McIntosh, Roger G ^g,h  

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

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^d Medical Systems   (United States)

^e Dover Air Force Base   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^g SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^h US Army Reserve Unit for Consequence Management   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSTARD GAS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BODY SURFACE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BURN; CHEMICAL WARFARE; HUMAN; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOLDIER; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; FOOT INJURIES; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; MUSTARD GAS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 33846900902     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.2.196     Document Type: Article

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