Impact of Capsicum Spray on Individuals with Degraded Health

Abstract

Capsicum (pepper) spray is being used in law enforcement to replace more damaging CS and CD agents. Animal, human volunteer and accidental exposure data suggest that the probability of undesired effects is minimal, even to asthmatics and other individuals likely to be hypersensitive to irritants.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA411045

Entities

People

  • Andrew J. Bobb
  • Kenneth R. Still

Organizations

  • Naval Health Research Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Availability
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Classification
  • Coast Guard
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environmental Health
  • Information Operations
  • Instructions
  • Law Enforcement
  • Lung Diseases
  • Optical Scanning
  • Pepper Spray
  • Rodents
  • Security
  • Toxicology

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