Source
Wikipedia: Chemical burn
Wikipedia
The English Wikipedia article "Chemical burn", consulted for facts cited on Medicine Atlas entities.
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URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_burn
Sources
Wikipedia: Chemical burn
WikipediaLead sectionQuote, Lead section
A chemical burn occurs when living tissue is exposed to a corrosive substance (such as a strong acid, base or oxidizer) or a cytotoxic agent (such as mustard gas, lewisite or arsine).
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