Vijayan, V K (1996) Bhopal gas disaster. Lung India, 14 (4). pp. 153-160. ISSN Print: 0970-2113; Online: 0974-598X
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Abstract
Twelve years ago, on 2/3rd December 1984, World’s worse chemical industrial disaster occurred at Bhopal as a result of leakage of forty two metric tons of methyl isocyanate (MIC) from the Union Carbide factory (1-3). The leakage had resulted in the immediate death of approximately 2500 people and in the exposure of an estimated population of 200,000 in the city of Bhopal which had about 800,000 inhabitants in 1984 (4). Animal experimental studies done to evaluate the short term and long term effects had demonstrated that irreversible multisystem damage could result from MIC toxicity (5-6). However, the exact nature of human health effects can be obtained only from studies carried out in victims at Bhopal. This editorial gives an account of the toxic effects of the gas on human health based on the published reports in the literature.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Tuberculosis > Clinical Research |
| Divisions: | Clinical Research |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Rathinasabapati R |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Sep 2013 11:09 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Mar 2016 05:10 |
| URI: | http://eprints.nirt.res.in/id/eprint/424 |
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