Effects of pepper grenade explosions on non-combatant bystanders

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 499-505

  Koul, Parvaiz A ^a   Mir, Hyder ^a   Shah, Tajamul H ^a   Bagdadi, Farhana ^a   Khan, Umar Hafiz ^a  

^a Sher i Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

bystanders; pepper gas; riot control

Indexed keywords

OLEORESINS; PLANT EXTRACT; TEAR GAS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHILD; COUGHING; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLICE; TEAR GASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949124568     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2014.15     Document Type: Article

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