Ganesan K, Raza S K, Vijayaraghavan R
Defence Research and Development Establishment, Jhansi Road, Gwalior - 474 002, Madhya Pradesh, India.
J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2010 Jul;2(3):166-78. doi: 10.4103/0975-7406.68498.
Among the Weapons of Mass Destruction, chemical warfare (CW) is probably one of the most brutal created by mankind in comparison with biological and nuclear warfare. Chemical weapons are inexpensive and are relatively easy to produce, even by small terrorist groups, to create mass casualties with small quantities. The characteristics of various CW agents, general information relevant to current physical as well as medical protection methods, detection equipment available and decontamination techniques are discussed in this review article. A brief note on Chemical Weapons Convention is also provided.
在大规模杀伤性武器中，与生物战和核战争相比，化学战可能是人类制造的最残酷的战争形式之一。化学武器价格低廉，生产相对容易，即使是小型恐怖组织也能生产，少量就能造成大量人员伤亡。本文综述了各种化学战剂的特点、当前物理和医学防护方法的相关一般信息、可用的检测设备和去污技术。还简要介绍了《化学武器公约》。
