Mustard gas scarring with specific pigmentary, trophic and vascular charactristics (case report, 16-year post-exposure)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 574-576

  Emadi, Seyed Naser ^a   Hosseini khalili, Alireza ^b   Soroush, Mohammad Reza ^b   Davoodi, Seyed Masoud ^a   Aghamiri, Seyed Samad ^c  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b JANBAZAN MEDICAL AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER JMERC   (Iran)

^c Red Crescent Hospital   (Iran)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Cherry angiomas; Iran; Mustard gas; Pigmentation; Skin

Indexed keywords

MUSTARD GAS;

GAS; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENT; SKIN; SULFUR;

ACANTHOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MALE; PAPILLOMATOSIS; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN HEMANGIOMA; THIGH;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BIOPSY; CICATRIX; HUMANS; MALE; MUSTARD GAS; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; SKIN;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 39749100763     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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