Incidence of lung, eye, and skin lesions as late complications in 34,000 Iranians with wartime exposure to mustard agent

S Khateri, M Ghanei, S Keshavarz… - … of occupational and …, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Approximately 34,000 Iranians known to have sustained mustard agent exposure during the
Iran–Iraq war of 1980–1988 and survived over a decade afterwards were screened for …

Mustard gas toxicity: the acute and chronic pathological effects

K Ghabili, PS Agutter, M Ghanei… - Journal of applied …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Ever since it was first used in armed conflict, mustard gas (sulfur mustard, MG) has been
known to cause a wide range of acute and chronic injuries to exposure victims. The earliest …

Mortality among US military participants at eight aboveground nuclear weapons test series

JD Boice, SS Cohen, MT Mumma, H Chen… - … journal of radiation …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background Approximately 235,000 military personnel participated at one of 230 US
atmospheric nuclear weapons tests from 1945 through 1962. At the Nevada Test Site (NTS) …

Sardasht-Iran cohort study of chemical warfare victims: design and methods

T Ghazanfari, S Faghihzadeh… - Archives of Iranian …, 2009 - eprints.bmsu.ac.ir
Background: insights into long-term clinical consequences of sulfur mustard have emerged
from some investigations but less is known about the basic and molecular mechanisms of …

Sulfur mustard skin lesions: A systematic review on pathomechanisms, treatment options and future research directions

D Rose, A Schmidt, M Brandenburger, T Sturmheit… - Toxicology Letters, 2018 - Elsevier
Sulfur mustard (SM) is a chemical warfare, which has been used for one hundred years.
However, its exact pathomechanisms are still incompletely understood and there is no …

Mustard gas exposure and carcinogenesis of lung

A Hosseini-khalili, DD Haines, E Modirian… - … /Genetic Toxicology and …, 2009 - Elsevier
Sulfur mustard (SM), also known as mustard gas, is an alkylating compound used as a
chemical weapon in World War I and by Iraqi forces against Iranians and indigenous Iraqi …

A clinicopathological approach to sulfur mustard-induced organ complications: a major review

H Ghasemi, P Owlia, MR Jalali-Nadoushan… - … and ocular toxicology, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Context: Sulfur mustard (SM), with an old manufacturing history still remains as
potential threat due to easy production and extensive effects. Objectives: Increasing studies …

[HTML][HTML] Treatment for sulfur mustard lung injuries; new therapeutic approaches from acute to chronic phase

Z Poursaleh, AA Harandi, E Vahedi… - DARU Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Objective Sulfur mustard (SM) is one of the major potent chemical warfare and attractive
weapons for terrorists. It has caused deaths to hundreds of thousands of victims in World …

Mortality and cancer incidence in UK military veterans involved in human experiments at Porton Down: 48-year follow-up

G Archer, TJ Keegan, LM Carpenter… - International Journal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background We investigated whether military personnel involved in chemical warfare agent
research at Porton Down had increased rates of mortality or cancer incidence. Methods This …

Lung carcinogenicity of sulfur mustard

M Ghanei, AA Harandi - Clinical lung cancer, 2010 - Elsevier
Sulfur mustard (SM), a major potent chemical warfare agent, has been used for its acute
toxic effects. Over time, unfortunately, many different long-term health effects of exposure to …