Evaluaton of time required for water-only decontamination of an oil-based agent

Military Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 185-187

  Moffett, Peter M ^a   Baker, Benjamin L ^a   Kang, Christopher S ^a   Johnson, Melinda S ^b  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN POISON AND DRUG CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; OIL; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ACCIDENT; CHEMICAL BURN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MILITARY MEDICINE; PRESSURE; SKIN; SOLDIER; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; DECONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OILS; PRESSURE; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER;

EID: 77949398400     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-09-00012     Document Type: Article

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