TY - BOOK AU - Balali-Mood,Mahdi AU - Abdollahi,Mohammad ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Basic and Clinical Toxicology of Mustard Compounds SN - 9783319238746 AV - RM1-950 U1 - 615 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Cham PB - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer KW - medicine KW - pharmacology KW - Occupational medicine KW - Environmental Health KW - Biomedicine KW - Pharmacology/Toxicology KW - Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine N1 - Chemistry of Mustard Compounds -- History of use and epidemiology of mustard compounds -- Basic pharmacology and toxicology -- Clinical pharmacology and toxicology of mustard compounds -- Delayed complications and long term effects of SM poisonings – Experience of Iraq-Iran war -- Upper respiratory complications of SM poisoning -- Lower respiratory complications of SM poisoning -- Dermatologic aspects of sulfur mustard exposure -- Ocular injury by mustard gas; early and late complications -- Immunological and hematological complications of sulfur mustard poisoning -- Psychiatric complications of sulfur mustard (SM) poisoning -- Genotoxicity, teratogenicity and mutagenicity of SM poisoning -- Verification of SM exposure in biological samples -- Occupational and environmental mustard exposure, prevention and chemical weapons convention -- Summary and conclusion N2 - This book offers scientific information and a practical guide to the clinical management of sulfur and nitrogen mustard exposure, including information on the history, pharmacology and toxicology of mustard compounds. Basic and Clinical Toxicology of Mustard Compounds details actute, late and long term effects of sulfur mustard exposure, particularly the respiratory, dermatological, ophthalmological immunological and psychiatric complications. This volume is a key resource for clinical toxicologists, military and emergency physicians who are involved in teaching and research of toxic compounds and for all regulatory, security, military, medical and health professions who are responsible for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the chemical warfare poisonings UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23874-6 ER -