| Chemical assault and skin/eye burns: two representative cases, report from the Acid Survivors Foundation, and literature review. | |
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PMID: 20080356 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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Chemical assault is a significant problem throughout the world, resulting in disfigurement, sometime blindness or vision impairment, and constituting a major economic burden on otherwise overwhelmed health services in developing countries. Two representative cases are presented here. One involved domestic spouse abuse with an acid and the second involved a teen-aged female assaulted with an acid, perhaps for retribution over a local judicial matter. Such atrocities have a world-wide scope, which is reviewed here. Preventive measures are the most appropriate response. However, when such chemical assaults do occur, active measures to mitigate or negate their effects deserve consideration. |
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Authors:
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Rebecca Milton; Laurence Mathieu; Alan H Hall; Howard I Maibach |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-01-18 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries Volume: 36 ISSN: 1879-1409 ISO Abbreviation: Burns Publication Date: 2010 Sep |
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Created Date: 2010-07-30 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8913178 Medline TA: Burns Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 924-32 Citation Subset: IM |
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2009 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved. |
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Acid Survivors Foundation, Banani, Dhaka, Bangladesh. |
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