Introduction: Data on imaging findings in pulmonary complications of chemical agents is scarce. The current study aimed to evaluate radiological findings of late onset pulmonary complications in chemical warfare victims (CWV) and to guide pulmonologists in diagnosis of these subjects.   Materials and Methods: Ninety- three male CWV were enrolled in this prospective study, 20-25 years (mean=23...

Adsorption of three CWA molecules (soman, sarin and mustard gas) was systematically explored on transition metal (Chromium Vanadium) embedded graphene models under dry wet conditions. Density Functional Theory calculations first revealed that both [email protected] substrates show a very high affinity for all CWAs conditions, being expected to be even more strongly coordinated since its associa...

Toxins are hazardous biochemical compounds derived from bacteria, fungi, or plants. Some have mechanisms of action and physical properties that make them amenable for use as potential warfare agents. Currently, some toxins are classified as potential biological weapons, although they have several differences from classic living bio-terror pathogens and some similarities to manmade chemical warf...

CONTRACT NUMBER DAMD17-94-C-4045 TITLE: Brain Damage Caused by Chemical Warfare Agents: Are Free Radicals a Final Common Pathway? PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Thomas L. Pazdernik, Ph.D. CONTRACTING ORGANIZATION: Kansas Mental Retardation Research Center Kansas City, Kansas 66160-7336 REPORT DATE: August 1998 TYPE OF REPORT: Final PREPARED FOR: U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Fort Det...

objective: the aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between marital satisfaction with psychological health in women whose husbands had either suffered from psychiatric problems or been exposed to chemical warfare during iraq-iran imposed war. method: participants were selected from the war-affected women in mazandaran province in north of iran whose husbands had either suffe...

Estimation of permeation of compounds such as chemical warfare agents (CWAs) alone or through barrier creams such as SERPACWA (Skin Exposure Reduction Paste Against Chemical Warfare Agents) requires animal experiments or in vitro testing using animal or human skin. While animal skin does not reflect the same barrier properties as human skin, human skin poses problems of procurement, cost and la...

Anthrax is a zoonotic illness recognized since antiquity. Today, human anthrax has been all but eradicated from the industrialized world, with the vast majority of practitioners in the United States unlikely to have seen a case. Unfortunately, the disease remains endemic in many areas of the world, and anthrax poses a threat as a mass casualty-producing weapon if used in a biological warfare ca...

Highly toxic chemical warfare agents(CWA) could be used in and terrorism. The protection of skin is crucial for civilians soldiers, because the primary routes exposure to CWA are inhalation absorption. Thus, topical protectants(TSP) have been studied developed many countries complement protective equipments. In this study, <i>in-vitro</i> test procedure was optimized established usi...

Toxin weapon research, development, production and the ban on its uses is an integral part of international law, with particular attention paid to the protection against these weapons. In spite of this, hazards associated with toxins cannot be completely excluded. Some of these hazards are also pointed out in the present review. The article deals with the characteristics and properties of natur...