Toxicity, Chlorine Gas: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

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Toxicity, Chlorine Gas: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

Overview: Chlorine gas is a pulmonary irritant with intermediate water solubility that causes acute damage in the upper and lower respiratory tract. Chlorine gas was first used as a chemical weapon at Ypres, France, in 1915. Of ...

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