title: Nerve agents: a comprehensive review.
abstract: Nerve agents are perhaps the most feared of potential agents of chemical attack. The authors review the history, physical characteristics, pharmacology, clinical effects, and treatment of these agents.
authors.affiliation: NYC Poison Control Center, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York University Medical Center, and New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA. sageww1@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sage W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Wiener
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Hoffman
mesh_terms: D002618:Chemical Warfare / Q000266:history; D002619:Chemical Warfare Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000266:history / Q000494:pharmacology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D020258:Neurotoxicity Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D002619:Chemical Warfare Agents