Proceedings of the Vesicant Workshop, February 1987

Abstract

The Vesicant Workshop was held at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory on 3-5 February 1987. The objective of the workshop was to develop a coherent strategy to focus and prioritize research in medical countermeasures to vesicant warfare agents based on clinical data and user needs as defined by the combat developers. This document constitutes the proceedings of that workshop. Keywords: Chemical warfare injuries, Chemical warfare casualties, Military medicine, Vesicants, Mustard agents, Lewisite, Decontamination.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA188222

Entities

People

  • Philip Chan

Organizations

  • United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Chemistry
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Geochemistry
  • Research Science/Academic Research