Gas: the greatest terror of the Great War

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 24-30

  Padley, Anthony Paul ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

chlorine; Fritz Haber; gas; mustard gas; phosgene; warfare; World War 1

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; CHLORINE; GAS; MUSTARD GAS; PHOSGENE;

ART; GAS; GAS POISONING; HISTORY; HUMAN; SOLDIER; TOXICITY; WAR; WARFARE;

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CHLORINE; GAS POISONING; GASES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MUSTARD GAS; PHOSGENE; WARFARE; WORLD WAR I;

EID: 85017627139     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057X1604401S05     Document Type: Article

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