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Preferred term

Mustard Gas  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Bis(beta-chloroethyl) Sulfide
  • Di 2 chloroethyl Sulfide
  • Di-2-chloroethyl Sulfide
  • Dichlorodiethyl Sulfide
  • Mustardgas
  • Mustard, Sulfur
  • Sulfide, Di-2-chloroethyl
  • Sulfide, Dichlorodiethyl
  • Sulfur Mustard
  • Yellow Cross Liquid
  • Yperite

Scope note

  • Severe irritant and vesicant of skin, eyes, and lungs. It may cause blindness and lethal lung edema and was formerly used as a war gas. The substance has been proposed as a cytostatic and for treatment of psoriasis. It has been listed as a known carcinogen in the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP-85-002, 1985) (Merck, 11th ed).

History note

  • 91(75)63-67; was see under MUSTARD COMPOUNDS 1968-90; was heading 1963-67

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009151

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