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VENENO EFECTO GENERAL [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toxicology
  • CBRNE Weapons
CONT

The following substances are classified as systemic poisons: 1. Materials that cause organic injury to one or more of the visceral organs; ... 2. Materials damaging the hematopoietic system .... 3. Nerve poisons ... 4. Toxic metals ... 5. Toxic nonmetal inorganic materials ....

CONT

Although anhydrous ammonia is not a systemic poison, since it doesn't act on the nervous system or blood circulation if inhaled in sufficient concentration, it reacts with water in lung tissues to cause chemical pneumonia, and some cases, death.

OBS

systemic: Of, pertaining to, or involving the body considered as a functional whole. Contr.: local.

OBS

systemic poison: term(s) extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toxicologie
  • Armes CBRNE
CONT

Les toxiques généraux, bien qu'ils ne lèsent aucun tissu constitutif, entraînent généralement une mort rapide, en perturbant le fonctionnement de l'organisme. [On retrouve :] les toxiques de l'oxygénation [...] les toxiques de la transmission nerveuse [...] les agents binaires [...]

CONT

Les agents de la guerre chimique. [...] En adoptant comme base d'une classification la nature des effets physiologiques, on peut distinguer les familles de toxiques suivants : irritants [...], vésicants, suffocants, toxiques généraux [...]

OBS

toxique général : terme(s) tiré(s) du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Key term(s)
  • agent toxique général

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Toxicología
  • Armas QBRNE
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