Citation

Milton R, Mathieu L, Hall AH, Maibach HI. Burns 2010; 36(6): 924-932.

Affiliation

Acid Survivors Foundation, Banani, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.burns.2009.10.020

PMID

20080356

Abstract

Chemical assault is a significant problem throughout the world, resulting in disfigurement, sometime blindness or vision impairment, and constituting a major economic burden on otherwise overwhelmed health services in developing countries. Two representative cases are presented here. One involved domestic spouse abuse with an acid and the second involved a teen-aged female assaulted with an acid, perhaps for retribution over a local judicial matter. Such atrocities have a world-wide scope, which is reviewed here. Preventive measures are the most appropriate response. However, when such chemical assaults do occur, active measures to mitigate or negate their effects deserve consideration.

Language: en