Delayed haematological complications of mustard gas

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 493-495

  Ghanei, Mostafa ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blood; Chemical warfare; Haematological complications; Iran; Mustard gas; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; MUSTARD GAS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW CELL; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROID CELL; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STEM CELL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MUSTARD GAS; PLATELET COUNT; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 9644302379     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1006     Document Type: Article

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