Delayed head and neck complications of sulphur mustard poisoning in Iranian veterans

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1150-1154

  Zojaji, R ^a   Balali Mood, M ^a   Mirzadeh, M ^b   Saffari, A ^b   Maleki, M ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chemical Warfare Agent; Head And Neck; Sulphur Mustard; Thyroglossal Cyst

Indexed keywords

MUSTARD GAS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DRY SKIN; ERYTHEMA; EXPOSURE; EYE; GAS POISONING; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PAPULAR RASH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROGLOSSAL DUCT CYST; THYROID CANCER; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID GLAND;

ADULT; CARCINOMA; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSTARD GAS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; VETERANS;

EID: 70450237792     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215109990260     Document Type: Article

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