Abstract
The protective effect of various layers of standard combat clothing was quantified in biological experiments according to the decrease of percutaneous toxicity of main types of contemporary supertoxic lethal chemical warfare agents. The protective effect is expressed as protective index IP50 (corresponding to the multiple of percutaneous LD50) in experimental animals.
Beside the protective index another method was used to quantify the protective effect, i.e. according to the delay in the occurrence of typical symptoms of the main phases of intoxication (generalised convulsions, exitus) as compared with the percutaneous intoxication without protection using the non-paired t-test.
Significant protective effect of standard combat clothing was found especially in the case of very dangerous and percutaneously extremely toxic V-compounds.
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Matousek, J. (1999). Protective Properties of Standard Combat Clothing Against Skin Penetration of Supertoxic Lethal Chemical Warfare Agents. In: Sohns, T., et al. NBC Risks Current Capabilities and Future Perspectives for Protection. NATO Science Series, vol 25. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4641-8_26
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