Shlomit Dachir, Maayan Cohen, Hila Gutman, Liat Cohen, Hillel Buch, Tamar Kadar
OBJECTIVE: Acrolein is a potent irritant and a vesicant that was used by the French during WWI as the warfare agent named: "papite". Nowadays, it is produced in large amounts all over the world in the industry for the production of acrylic acid and for agriculture use as herbicide. The aim of this study was to characterize the effects of acute eye exposure to acrolein vapor and to evaluate the efficacy of a topical post-exposure combination treatment with a local anesthetic and a steroid...
2015: Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology