Health impacts of chemical irritants used for crowd control: A systematic review of the injuries and deaths caused by tear gas and pepper spray

BMC Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Haar, Rohini J ^a   Iacopino, Vincent ^b   Ranadive, Nikhil ^c   Weiser, Sheri D ^d   Dandu, Madhavi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Physicians for Human Rights   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

2 chlorobenzalmalonitrile (agent CS); Crowd control; Demonstrations; Less lethal weapons; Oleoresin capsicum (agent OC); Pelargonic acid vanillylamide or capsaicin II (PAVA); Pepper spray; Protests; Tear gas

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; TEAR GAS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CROWDING (AREA); HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; RISK FACTOR;

CAPSAICIN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROWDING; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; TEAR GASES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 85031768250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-017-4814-6     Document Type: Article

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