Pulmonary agent

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This article forms part of the series
Chemical warfare
(A subset of Weapons of mass destruction)
Lethal agents
Blood agents
Cyanogen chloride (CK)
Hydrogen cyanide (AC)
Blister agents
Lewisite (L)
Sulfur mustard gas (HD, H, HT, HL, HQ)
Nitrogen mustard gas (HN1, HN2, HN3)
Nerve agents
G-Agents

Tabun (GA), Sarin (GB)
Soman (GD), Cyclosarin (GF)

V-Agents

VE, VG, VM, VX
Pulmonary agents
Chlorine
Chloropicrin (PS)
Phosgene (CG)
Diphosgene (DP)
Non-lethal agents
Incapacitating agents
Agent 15 (BZ)
KOLOKOL-1
Riot control agents
Pepper spray (OC)
CS gas
CN gas
CR gas
A pulmonary agent (or choking agent) is a chemical weapon agent designed to impede a victim's ability to breathe, resulting in suffocation.


This article forms part of the series Chemical warfare
(A subset of Weapons of mass destruction)
Lethal agents
Blood agents
Cyanogen chloride (CK)
Hydrogen cyanide (AC)
Blister agents
Lewisite (L)
Sulfur mustard gas (HD, H, HT, HL, HQ)
Nitrogen mustard gas (HN1, HN2, HN3)
Nerve agents
*G-Agents*
Tabun (GA), Sarin (GB) Soman (GD), Cyclosarin (GF)
*V-Agents*
VE, VG, VM, VX
Pulmonary agents
Chlorine
Chloropicrin (PS)
Phosgene (CG)
Diphosgene (DP)
Non-lethal agents
Incapacitating agents
Agent 15 (BZ)
KOLOKOL-1
Riot control agents
Pepper spray (OC)
CS gas
CN gas
CR gas

Examples of pulmonary agents include:

References

U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense. (Sep. 1995). [Medical Management of Chemical Casualties Handbook: Pulmonary Agents]. Retrieved Nov. 7, 2004.

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