"Explosive Agents" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Substances that are energetically unstable and can produce a sudden expansion of the material, called an explosion, which is accompanied by heat, pressure and noise. Other things which have been described as explosive that are not included here are explosive action of laser heating, human performance, sudden epidemiological outbreaks, or fast cell growth.
| Descriptor ID |
D053834
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.720.317
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Explosive Agents" by people in Profiles.
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Ocular blast injuries in mass-casualty incidents: the marathon bombing in Boston, Massachusetts, and the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas. Ophthalmology. 2014 Sep; 121(9):1670-6.e1.
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Toxicity of octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine (HMX) in three vertebrate species. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 2010 Apr; 58(3):836-43.
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Sublethal effects of subacute exposure to RDX (1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine) in the northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus). Environ Toxicol Chem. 2009 Jun; 28(6):1266-70.
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Toxic effects of oral hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine in the western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis). Environ Toxicol Chem. 2009 May; 28(5):1043-50.
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Dental treatment of a 2-year-old victim of a suicide bomb attack. Dent Traumatol. 2007 Oct; 23(5):318-21.