Dependable information from the Chemical Enquiries Help Desk in 48 hours.  Each month library staff look at one of the many enquiries received and highlight selected resources, including the Virtual Library, that provide relevant answers.  

The enquiry this month 

• I need some general information on chemical weapons as well as the toxic effects of sulfur mustard gas and treatment 

In the Knovel collection full text e-books of relevance are: The Environmental Contaminant Reference Databook  which gives a detailed entry including physical properties, cleanup, disposal method and acute hazard level and The Poisoning & Drug Overdose (4th Edition) has a table of selected chemical warfare agents provides quantitative data on persistence in soil and toxic dosage.

The Springer full text e-books collection includes the Compendium of Chemical Warfare Agents

NetLibrary has the full text e-book Chemical and Biological Warfare: A Reference Handbook

EBSCO Environment Complete  full text articles on the topic including:

Comparison of Early and Late Toxic Effects of Sulfur Mustard in Iranian Veterans
Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, Oct2006, Vol. 99 Issue 4, p273

Molecular targets against mustard toxicity: implication of cell surface receptors, peroxynitrite production, and PARP activation. 
Archives of Toxicology, Oct2006, Vol. 80 Issue 10, p662

As part of the services of the Chemical Enquiries Help Desk we can supplement the information above with references retrieved from Chemical Abstracts, Scopus, Web of Science.

Members can carry out their own high quality research from the Virtual Library simply by logging in to a resource with their membership number and password.