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Veterans at Risk: The Health Effects of Mustard Gas and Lewisite
CWS, see Chemical Warfare Service
Cytotoxicity, of Lewisite, 86
of sulfur mustard, 75-77 , 85
D
Department of Defense (DoD), 7 , 225-226
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), 1-2 , 6 , 51 , 204 , 224-226
Depression, 207
Dermatological effects, see Skin disorders and injury
Disability claims, 1-2 , 10-11 , 28 , 66
Diseases, listing, 4-5 , 217
self-reported, 64-65 , 384-385
in VA determination guidelines, 2
Disposal of chemical weapons, 33 , 48-50
DNA damage, from arsenite, 86-87
from sulfur mustard, 75-77 , 83-84 , 163-164 , 216
Documentation, classification of, 7-8 , 51-52 , 226
foreign sources, 18-19
long-term effects, 2 , 5-6 , 214-215
personnel records, 7 , 11 , 66-67 , 225 , 370-377
of tests, 17-18 , 215 , 371
VA guidelines, 2 , 11
Drods, 35
Drop tests, see Patch tests
E
Edgewood Arsenal, 28 , 39-40 , 42 , 46 , 140 , 376-377
Emphysema, 119-120 , 121 , 127 , 336 , 408-409
Erythema, 159
as chamber test end point, 36 , 39 , 40
Exposure levels, 3 , 33 , 34 , 215
chamber tests, 39-40 , 52-55
patch tests, 35
Eye disease and injury, 4-5 , 131-132 , 142-145 , 218-219
acute effects, 133-139
battlefield exposure, 135 , 137 , 140-142
from Lewisite, 137 , 138 , 144-145 , 219
occupational exposure, 139-140
from sulfur mustard, 133-144 , 218-219
treatment, 143-144
F
Field tests, 3 , 31 , 32 , 40-41 , 66
Follow-up of test subjects, 34 , 6-8 , 50-52 , 224-225
roster development, 370-377
France, WWI gas casualties, 140
G
Gas chamber tests, see Chamber tests
Gas masks, 3 , 36 n, 43 , 52-55 , 215
Gas neurosis, 203
Gastrointestinal disorders, 64 , 187 , 220
Genetic damage, from Lewisite, 86-87 , 104 , 192-195
from sulfur mustard, 46-47 , 75-77 , 83-85 , 104 , 189-192 , 216
Genital injury, 39 , 160 , 175 , 219 , 221
Germany, mustard gas use, 9-10
weapons production workers, 169
