Advances in toxicology and medical treatment of chemical warfare nerve agents
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Chemical warfare agents: toxicology and treatment
The large-scale use of chemical warfare agents first occurred during World War I (the "chemists' war"), and was thereafter repeated at irregular intervals, most recently during the Iran-Iraq conflict of the 1980s. There was consequently a possibility that chemical weapons might be used in the Gulf war. The threat posed by terrorist groups became evident in 1994-95, when Japanese civilians were ...
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عنوان ژورنال: DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2008-2231
DOI: 10.1186/2008-2231-20-81