Originally developed as weapons to bypass the rapid advances in respiratory protection, the
vesicants are potent contact poisons. The toxicology of two major vesicant agents, sulfur …

Sulfur mustard (HD) is an alkylating agent that has been shown to have mutagenic,
cytotoxic, and vesicating properties. Its use in combat situations has resulted in lethal …

The chemical warfare agent sulfur mustard affects primarily the eyes, skin and respiratory
tract. Of these, ocular injury is the most immediate and distressing. Learning to recognize …

The use of chemical warfare agents is of serious concern for the military and civilian
populations. The experience of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries reveals that nerve …

Various chemical agents have been used as a war weapon. Sulfur mustard (SM) due to its
low cost, easy access and easy manufacture and storage are the most wildly used warfare …

Sulfur mustard is an alkylating agent that reacts with ocular, respiratory, cutaneous, and
bone marrow tissues, resulting in early and late toxic effects. We compare these effects …

" P-NMR spectra of human breast skin tissue were acquired to characterize changes in the
phosphorus profile before and after exposure to sulfur mustard (HD). The tissue was rolled …

Chemical warfare presents a continuing threat to military personnel as a result of both direct
hostile action and the indirect exposure to chemical weapons that remain as a legacy from …

Mustards have become an important topic of global discussion in recent years. The latest
extensive reports and conference of 145 nations in Paris (January 13, 1989) reveal that …