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The chemical weapons convention provides for collection and analisis of biomedical samples – blood, urine or othern tissues – in an OPCW investigation of alleged use. The paper provides a synopsis of thye draft report of the OPCW technical working group on biomedical sampling. And how these findings may apply to a atates response to use of chemical agent in a terrorist attack.
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Rowell, M. (2006). BIOMEDICAL SAMPLING FOLLOWING A CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT TERRORIST EVENT - AN OPCW PERSPECTIVE. In: Dishovsky, C., Pivovarov, A., Benschop, H. (eds) Medical Treatment of Intoxications and Decontamination of Chemical Agent in the Area of Terrorist Attack. NATO Security Through Science Series, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4170-5_14
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