Osmium tetroxide: A new kind of weapon

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 750-752

  Makarovsky, Igor ^a   Markel, Gal ^a,b   Hoffman, Azik ^a   Schein, Ophir ^a   Finkelstien, Arseny ^a   Brosh Nissimov, Tal ^a   Tashma, Zeev ^a,c   Dushnitsky, Tsvika ^a   Eisenkraft, Arik ^a,d  

^a CBRN Medicine Branch   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Exposure; Health effects; Osmium tetroxide; Terror

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CHEMICAL WARFARE; EYE TOXICITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LC 50; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG TOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT MONITORING; SKIN TOXICITY; STOMACH LAVAGE; TERRORISM; TOXIC INHALATION;

CHEMICAL TERRORISM; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; OSMIUM TETROXIDE; OXIDANTS; SKIN;

EID: 35748941673     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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