The chronic effects of sulfur mustard exposure

Toxicology

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-11

  Rowell, Mike ^a   Kehe, Kai ^b   Balszuweit, Frank ^b   Thiermann, Horst ^b  

^a Ministry of National Defence   (Netherlands)

^b BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic effects; Iran Iraq war; Monitoring; Sulfur mustard

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; EMOLLIENT AGENT; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MACROLIDE; MUSTARD GAS;

ARTICLE; BLISTER; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONJUNCTIVITIS; COUGHING; DRY EYE; DYSPNEA; ECZEMA; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LUNG CANCER; LUNG INJURY; PHOTOPHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN CANCER; URTICARIA; VICTIM; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EYE; GULF WAR; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INHALATION EXPOSURE; IRAN; KERATITIS; MUSTARD GAS; POISONING; REPRODUCTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION;

EID: 67849106364     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2009.05.015     Document Type: Article

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