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Appendix D: Evaluating Skin Decontamination Techniques
Appendix D: Evaluating Skin Decontamination Techniques
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Methylene bisphenyl isocyanate, an industrial chemical, is a potent 1The following material was prepared for the use of the principal investigators of this study. The opinions and conclusions herein are the authors' and not necessarily those of the National Research Council.
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Therefore, the authors concluded that the best decontaminant for mustard, VX, and soman was decontamination with flour followed by an after-treatment with wet tissue. IN VITRO DECONTAMINATION MODEL In vitro skin mounted in diffusion cells can be decontaminated with solvents.
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Large-scale in vitro decontamination screening can be done with the powdered human stratum corneum model. In vitro studies conducted by decontaminating pig skin exposed to radiolabeled DFP (an organophosphorus compound, cholinesterase inhibitor)
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