Chemical warfare agents
Subtitle: chemistry, pharmacology, toxicology, and therapeutics
By: edited by James A. Romano, Jr., Brian J. Lukey, Harry Salem.
Contributors: Romano, James A.; Lukey, Brian J.; Salem, Harry, 1929-
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis; CRC Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 723
ISBN-13: 9781420046618
Subjects: Chemical agents (Munitions); Chemical Warfare Agents -- poisoning; Disaster Planning -- methods; Poisoning -- prevention & control; Poisoning -- therapy
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Chemical warfare agents :  toxicity at low levels / edited by Satu M. Somani, James A. Romano, Jr.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Brief history and use of chemical warfare agents in warfare and terrorism / Harry Salem, Andrew L. Ternay, Jr., and Jeffery K. Smart; title: The chemistry of chemical warfare agents / Peter Kikilo, Vitaly Fedorenko, and Andrew L. Ternay, Jr.; title: Chemical warfare agent threat to drinking water / Harry Salem ... [et al.]; title: Health effects of low-level exposure to nerve agents / John H. McDonough and James A. Romano, Jr.; title: Toxicokinetics of nerve agents / Marcel J. van der Schans, Hendrik P. Benschop, and Christopher E. Whalley; title: Application of genomic, proteomic, and metabolomic technologies to the development of countermeasures against chemical warfare agents / Jennifer Sekowski and James Dillman; title: Novel approaches to medical protection against chemical warfare nerve agents / Ashima Saxena ... [et al.]; title: Nerve agent bioscavengers : progress in development of a new mode of protection against organophosphorus exposure / David E. Lenz ... [et al.]; title: Butyrylcholinesterase and its synthetic C-terminal peptide confer in-vitro suppression of amyloid fibrils formation / Erez Podoly ... [et al.]; title: A novel medical countermeasure for organophosphorus intoxication : connection to alzheimer's disease and dementia / Edna F. R. Pereira ... [et al.]; title: Inhalation toxicology of nerve agents / Paul A. Dabisch ...[et al.]; title: Vesicants and oxidative stress / Milton G. Smith ...[et al.]; title: Health effects of exposure to vesicant agents / Charles G. Hurst and William J. Smith; title: Cyanides : toxicology, clinical presentation, and medical management / Bryan Ballantyne and Harry Salem; title: Chemicals used for riot control and personal protection / Harry Salem, Bryan Ballantyne, and Sydney Katz; title: Mechanism of action of botulinum neurotoxin and overview of medical countermeasure development for intoxication / Michael Adler ... [et al.]; title: Ricin and related toxins : review and perspective / Charles B. Millard and Ross D. LeClaire; title: Screening smokes : applications, toxicology, clinical considerations and medical management / Bryan Ballantyne and Harry Salem; title: Clinical detection of exposure to chemical warfare agents / Benedict R. Capacio ... [et al.]; title: Personal protective equipment (ppe) : practical and theoretical considerations / Michael R. Jones; title: Chemical warfare agent decontamination from skin / Brian J. Lukey ... [et al.]; title: Chemical warfare, chemical terrorism, and traumatic stress responses : an assessment of psychological impact / James A. Romano, Jr. ... [et al.]; title: Emergency response to a chemical warfare agent incident : domestic preparedness, first response, and public health considerations / David H. Moore and Barbara Saunders-Price; title: Emergency medical response to a chemical terrorist attack / Stephen A. Pulley and Michael R. Jones.