Medical defense against blistering chemical warfare agents. (Reannouncement with new availability information)

Technical Report · Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:104160

Smith, W J; Dunn, M A

First used in World War I, chemical blistering agents present a serious medical threat that has stimulated renewed interest in the light of extensive use in recent conflicts. Current medical management cannot yet prevent or minimize injury from the principal agent of concern--sulfur mustard. Research directed at this goal depends on defining effective intervention in the metabolic alterations induced by exposure to sulfur mustard. Chemicals capable of inducing blisters, known as blistering or vesicating agents, have been widely known for more than 150 years. They were extensively used in chemical warfare during World War I, well before the development of the more deadly nerve agents 25 years later.

• Research Organization: Army Medical Research Inst. of Chemical Defense, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (United States)
• OSTI ID: 104160
• Report Number(s): AD-A-243068/4/XAB; USAMRICD-P-90-016; TRN: 52420280
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Aug 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
APPLIED STUDIES
BLISTERS
BIOCHEMISTRY
CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS
TOXICITY
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE