Nerve agents belong to the most toxic organophosphates (OP) in the group of cholinesterase inhibitors. They can be used as chemical warfare agents and, they can be (and were) misused by terrorists, as happened in Matsumoto city (1994) and Tokyo subway (1995). Sarin was used in these cases. Medical protection against their effect (i.e. antidotal treatment) is of prime importance (Bajgar 2004, 20...

Although chemical agents were not employed as offensive weapons during the past war, nevertheless it was imperative to pursue vigorously investigations on the treatment of chemical warfare casualties. Inasmuch as a number of chemical warfare agents contain arsenic, attention was focused on the synthesis of compounds capable of antagonizing the local and systemic effects of arsenical vesicants. ...

objective: the aim of this study was to determine the associates of marital relationship in mustard exposed veterans. materials and methods: two hundred ninety two married iranian mustard exposed veterans, who had been exposed to single high dose mustard gas in iraq-iran war, were assessed for marital adjustment with revised dyadic adjustment scale (rdas). census sampling was done. the patients...