Clinical Aspects of Percutaneous Poisoning by the Chemical Warfare Agent VX: Effects of Application Site and Decontamination

From: Military Medicine | Date: November 1, 2004| Author: Conley, John; Et al; Hill, Ira; Sawyer, Thomas W; Hamilton, Murray G | Copyright information

O-ethyl S-(2-diisopropylaminoethyl) methylphosphonothioate (VX) is an extremely toxic organophosphate nerve agent that has been weaponized and stockpiled in a number of different countries, and it has been used in recent terrorist events. It differs from other well-known organophosphate nerve agents in that its primary use is as a contact poison rather than as an inhalation hazard. For this reason, we examined the effects of application site and skin decontamination on VX toxicity in anesthet...

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