Management of the effects of exposure to tear gas

4 5 Tear gases are not currently considered as chemical weapons by Western countries. Since the 1950s, they have been mainly used by law enforcement agencies for crowd control purposes in most European countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Switzerland.

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMJ 2009-06, Vol.338 (7710), p.1554-1558
Hauptverfasser:	Carron, Pierre-Nicolas, Yersin, Bertrand
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Chemical hazards CLINICAL REVIEW Consultation Crowd control Decontamination Disease control Doctors Emergency Treatment Environmental Exposure - adverse effects Environmental Exposure - prevention & control Ethics, Medical Eye Diseases - chemically induced Eye Diseases - therapy Gas Poisoning - therapy Gases General aspects Human exposure Humans Identification Inflammation Medical literature Medical sciences Pepper spray Physicians Primary care Pulmonary edema Respiratory Tract Diseases - chemically induced Respiratory Tract Diseases - therapy Riot control Riots Skin Skin Diseases - chemically induced Skin Diseases - therapy Symptoms Tear gas Tear Gases - chemistry Tear Gases - toxicity Teargas Tears Toxicity
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Zusammenfassung:	4 5 Tear gases are not currently considered as chemical weapons by Western countries. Since the 1950s, they have been mainly used by law enforcement agencies for crowd control purposes in most European countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Switzerland.
ISSN:	0959-8138 0959-8146 0959-535X 1468-5833 1756-1833
DOI:	10.1136/bmj.b2283