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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Mustard Gas
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Gas Mostaza
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Gás de Mostarda
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Synonyms English:
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Bis(beta-chloroethyl) Sulfide
Di 2 chloroethyl Sulfide
Di-2-chloroethyl Sulfide
Dichlorodiethyl Sulfide
Gas, Mustard
Mustard, Sulfur
Mustardgas
Psoriazin
Sulfide, Di-2-chloroethyl
Sulfide, Dichlorodiethyl
Sulfur Mustard
Yellow Cross Liquid
Yperite
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Tree Number:
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D02.455.526.728.468
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Definition English:
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Severe irritant and vesicant of skin, eyes, and lungs. It may cause blindness and lethal lung edema and was formerly used as a war gas. The substance has been proposed as a cytostatic and for treatment of psoriasis. It has been listed as a known carcinogen in the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP-85-002, 1985) (Merck, 11th ed). |
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Pharmacological Action:
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Chemical Warfare Agents
Dermatologic Agents
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History Note English:
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91(75)63-67; was see under MUSTARD COMPOUNDS 1968-90; was heading 1963-67
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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9343
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Unique Identifier:
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D009151
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Similar:
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DeCS
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