… as Chemical Warfare Agents (CWA) or unintentionally at workplace. Among all blister agents,
… These chemicals are particularly not very lethal as nerve agents, but can cause severe …

… an even lower health threat than incapacitating agents. This … this class should be considered
as chemical warfare agents. … This group includes blister agents and urticants. Being often …

… which results in the formation of blisters (vesicles). These … blisters, blindness, edema, and
respiratory distress [5]. Vesicating agents are highly toxic, and while exposures to these agents …

… Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to a request from the OPCW Director-General in 2013 on the
status of medical countermeasures and treatments to blister agents … chemical warfare agents (…

… In response to a request by the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), a panel of experts
extensively reviewed and evaluated the medical and scientific literature on mustard agents …

… chemical warfare agents, starting from the extremely toxic organophosphorus nerve agents,
followed by blister agents, pulmonary agents… hopefully, the medical treatments and scientific …

… are used to classify chemical warfare agents and as such … agents, blister agents, chocking
agents, and blood agents. … health programs to protect the people from nerve agents. The …

… This is true of the emergency medical response and for the majority of hospitals. … chemical
warfare agents (CWAs), the reality is that there are approximately 125,000 industrial chemicals …

… health effects resulting from exposures to chemical warfare … ” gases rather than actual
blistering agents. Military interest in … As observed with other chemical warfare agents, the severity …

… The current chapter focuses on nerve and blister agents due to space … health effects, even
death within minutes in case of acute exposure. Exposure to chemical warfare nerve agents is …