{"title":"Are we facing NOVICHOK nerve agent threat?","authors":"K. Kuča, E. Nepovimova","doi":"10.21767/amj.2018.3482","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In the short history, at least four similar attacks by nerve agents were committed. In this short communication, we wanted to interlink some important insights into nerve agents and novichoks and point out that the latest assault by novichoks is not the only attack with prohibited chemical warfare agents and, unfortunately, probably not the last, as these substances can easily be synthesized in a well-equipped chemical laboratory.","PeriodicalId":46823,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Medical Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"5","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Australasian Medical Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.21767/amj.2018.3482","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In the short history, at least four similar attacks by nerve agents were committed. In this short communication, we wanted to interlink some important insights into nerve agents and novichoks and point out that the latest assault by novichoks is not the only attack with prohibited chemical warfare agents and, unfortunately, probably not the last, as these substances can easily be synthesized in a well-equipped chemical laboratory.