Chemical Warfare Agents Toxicology and Treatment

by Marrs, Timothy T.; Maynard, Robert L.; Sidell, Frederick

• ISBN13: 9780470013595
• ISBN10: 0470013591
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-05-07
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

Chemical Warfare Agents, Second Edition has been totally revised since the successful first edition and expanded to about three times the length, with many new chapters and much more in-depth consideration of all the topics. The chapters have been written by distinguished international experts in various aspects of chemical warfare agents and edited by an experienced team to produce a clear review of the field.The book now contains a wealth of material on the mechanisms of action of the major chemical warfare agents, including the nerve agent cyclosarin, formally considered to be of secondary importance, as well as ricin and abrin. Chemical Warfare Agents, Second Edition discusses the physico-chemical properties of chemical warfare agents, their dispersion and fate in the environment, their toxicology and management of their effects on humans, decontamination and protective equipment. New chapters cover the experience gained after the use of sarin to attack travellers on the Tokyo subway and how to deal with the outcome of the deployment of riot control agents such as CS gas.This book provides a comprehensive review of chemical warfare agents, assessing all available evidence regarding the medical, technical and legal aspects of their use. It is an invaluable reference work for physicians, public health planners, regulators and any other professionals involved in this field.Review of the First Edition:"What more appropriate time for a title of this scope than in the post 9/11 era? ...a timely, scholarly, and well-written volume which offers much information of immense current and...future benefit." VETERINARY AND HUMAN TOXICOLOGY

Author Biography

  Timothy C. Marrs OBE. Edentox Associates, Edenbridge, Kent, UK; National Poisons Information Service Birmingham Centre, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK; University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK.

Robert L. Maynard CBE. Air Pollution Unit, Health Protection Agency, London, UK.

Frederick R. Sidell †. Institute of Chemical Defense, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, USA.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Preface

Opinions of Chemical Warfare

The Physicochemical Properties and General Toxicology of ChemicalWarfare Agents

Dispersion and Modelling of the Spread of Chemical Warfare Agents

The Fate of Chemical Warfare Agents in the Environment

Biological Markers of Exposure to Chemical Warfare Agents

Respiratory Protection

Responding to Chemical Terrorism: Operational Planning and Decontamination

Toxicology of Organophosphate Nerve Agents

A History of Human Studies with Nerve Agents by the UK and USA

Nerve Agents: Low-Dose Effects

Managing Civilian Casualties Affected by Nerve Agents

The Management of Casualties Following Toxic Agent Release: The Approach Adopted in France

The Dark Morning: The Experiences and Lessons Learned from the Tokyo Subway Sarin Attack

Atropine and Other Anticholinergic Drugs

Oximes

The Use of Benzodiazepines in Organophosphorus Nerve Agent Intoxication

Pretreatment for Nerve Agent Poisoning

Gulf War Syndrome

Mustard Gas

Dermal Aspects of Chemical Warfare

Sulphur Mustard Injuries of the Skin: Pathophysiology and Clinical Management of Chemical Burns

The Normal Bone Marrow and Management of Toxin-Induced Stem Cell Failure

Organic Arsenicals

Phosgene

Cyanides: Chemical Warfare Agents and Potential Terrorist Threats

Riot Control Agents in Military Operations, Civil Disturbance Control and Potential Terrorist Activities, with Particular Reference to Peripheral Chemosensory Irritants

Ricin and Abrin Poisoning

The Total Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

An A-Z of Compounds of Interest in Relation to Chemical Warfare and Other Malevolent Uses of Poisons (Philippa Edwards

Index

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