The skin reservoir of sulphur mustard

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1539-1546

  Hattersley, I J ^a   Jenner, J ^a   Dalton, C ^a   Chilcott, R P ^b   Graham, J S ^c  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Dermal; Reservoir; Skin; Sulphur mustard

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; MUSTARD GAS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIQUID; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; RESERVOIR; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; SKIN INJURY; SKIN SURFACE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MUSTARD GAS; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

SUIDAE;

EID: 49149130187     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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