Delayed Toxic Effects of Chemical Warfare Agents

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ID SIPRI, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

1997
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CONTENTS

Chapter 1. Introduction 1

Chapter 2. Delayed lesions an historical résumé.. 2

Chapter 3. Delayed lesions caused by “classic” CW agents.. 5

I. Preliminary considerations 5

II. Delayed lesions caused by lung poisons... 5

General evaluation

Specific toxicological evaluation

III. Delayed lesions caused by organoarsenic CW agents 8

General evaluation

Specific toxicological evaluation

IV. Delayed lesions caused by vesicants of the mustard-gas type 9

General evaluation–Specific toxicological evaluation

Chapter 4. Delayed lesions caused by other militarily important poisons.. 16

I. Lacrimators.. 16

II. Psychochemicals 17

III. Antiplant agents. 19

Chapter 5. Delayed lesions caused by organophosphorus CW agents 23

I. General evaluation. 23

II. Specific toxicological evaluation.. 25

Symptomatology of acute poisoning by organophosphorus compounds

Biochemical mechanism of poisoning by organophosphorus compounds

Medical aspects of the effects of delayed lesions caused by organophosphorus compounds

Pyschopathological and neurological lesions caused by organophosphorus compounds

Hepatotoxic and hematotoxic lesions caused by organophosphorus compounds

Carcinogenic, mutagenic and teratogenic lesions caused by organophosphorus compounds

Eye lesions caused by organophosphorus compounds

Chapter 6. Summary and conclusions. 46

References.. 48

Index.. 59