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A blood agent is a toxic chemical agent that affects the body by being absorbed into the blood.[1] Blood agents are fast-acting, potentially lethal poisons that typically manifest at room temperature as volatile colorless gases with a faint odor.[1] They are either cyanide- or arsenic-based.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Walsh, C. J. (2008). "Blood agents". In Ayn Embar-seddon; Allan D. Pass (eds.). Forensic Science. Salem Press. p. 150. ISBN 978-1-58765-423-7.

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