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Chemical Warfare Agent VX Penetration Through Military Uniform and Human Skin

open access: closed, 2005
Most well-known warfare chemicals have similar molecular structures as the organophosphorus compounds. Percutaneous absorption and regional variation form the final barrier between the “outside” and the “inside” of the body where toxicity occurs. Percutaneous absorption is influenced by moisture, and certainly a soldier or civilian will sweat, and it ...
Rebecca M. Wester   +2 more
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Protective Properties of Standard Combat Clothing Against Skin Penetration of Supertoxic Lethal Chemical Warfare Agents

open access: closed, 1999
The protective effect of various layers of standard combat clothing was quantified in biological experiments according to the decrease of percutaneous toxicity of main types of contemporary supertoxic lethal chemical warfare agents. The protective effect is expressed as protective index IP50 (corresponding to the multiple of percutaneous LD50) in ...
Jiřı́ Matoušek
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Assessment and outcome of 496 penetrating gastrointestinal warfare injuries

Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 2010
AimThe abdominal viscera are among the most vulnerable organs of the body to penetrating trauma. Proper management of such trauma in war victims at the first-line hospital where these victims are first seen is of paramount importance. We reviewed medical records of war victims suffering small bowel and colorectal injuries treated at first, second and ...
M, Saghafinia   +6 more
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Penetrating Thoracic Aortic Injuries

Southern Medical Journal, 1989
Penetrating injuries of the thoracic aorta are rare and often fatal. Victims of such wounds rarely survive to reach the emergency department. Those patients who do arrive will display one of two symptom complexes--either continuing hemorrhage or seeming hemodynamic stability with a widened mediastinum on chest roentgenography.
G A, Timberlake   +2 more
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The treatment of penetrating wounds of the brain sustained in warfare

Journal of Neurosurgery, 1974
✓ The author reviews the history of the management of head injuries with particular emphasis on penetrating wounds from antiquity to modern times. He traces the influence of gunpowder weaponry and early instrumentation on the development of treatments.
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