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Chemical Warfare Agents

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Definition: Chemicals that are used to cause the disturbance, disease, or death of humans during war.     
See Also Tear Gases 		Other names Warfare Agent, Chemical; Chemical Warfare Agent; Agent, Chemical Warfare; Warfare Agents, Chemical; Agents, Chemical Warfare
Substances having this pharmacologic action: lewisite; tabun; VX; Phosgene; Chlorine; Mustard Gas; Soman; Ricin; Sarin; Tetranitromethane; Mechlorethamine; Hydrogen Cyanide; chloropicrin
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
O-ethyl-S-2-(N,N-diisopropilamino)ethylmethylthiophosphonate  0   *Organothiophosphorus Compounds Chemical Warfare Agents. Water Sci Technol 2007;55(12):133-8

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