… to chemical warfare agents, chemicals capable of inducing blisters, known as blistering or
vesicating agents, … Among these agents, nitrogen mustard is a cytotoxic agent which is closely …

… of mass chemical attack, but subsequent CW agents have been … Vesicant (blister agents)
contamination of hair or beard is … Chemical warfare agents: an overview of chemicals defined …

… 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 …

… chemical warfare agents occurred in Laos, Cambodia and Afghanistan. Iraq used chemical
… Blister agents, or mustard agents, are chemical substances that get their name from wounds …

… absorption of chemical warfare agents (CWAs). … Vesicants cause irritation and vesication
(blistering) of the skin and … focus on research shifted to medical countermeasures rather than …

… would pose an immediate danger to life and health (IDLH). … (also known as blistering agents)
were used in World War I (WWI)… different types of chemical warfare agents, one catalyst will …

… as sentinels for chemical terrorism. … agents: choking, blister, blood, and nerve agents. They
can also be affected by incapacitating agent BZ (3-quinuclidinyl benzylate), riot control agents…

… gas, is a vesicant chemical warfare agent and a potential terrorism agent. SM is relatively …
a chemical warfare agent and a terrorism agent. SM causes severe injury to the skin (blisters…

… Most of the facts here set forth may be found in the official medical history of the war. I am …
CHEMICAL WARFARE The fourth group, of blistering gases, contains only one substance …

… chemical warfare agents (CWAs). Sometimes, a lot of these substances (pharmaceuticals
which under normal conditions and specified doses are beneficial to health) … large blisters on …