Treating victims of mass destruction
Subtitle: medical, legal, and strategic aspects
By: edited by Patrick Barriot and Chantal Bismuth ; translated by Alan Hall.
Contributors: Barriot, Patrick.; Bismuth, Chantal.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex; Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780470066461
Subjects: Weapons of mass destruction -- Health aspects; Terrorism -- Health aspects; Bioterrorism -- Health aspects; Disaster medicine; Disaster Planning; Mass Casualty Incidents; War; Weapons of Mass Destruction
Work titles: Armes de destruction massive et leurs victimes. English.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ambiguous concepts and porous borders / Patrick Barriot and Chantal Bismuth; title: Introduction to chemical weapons / Patrick Barriot and Chantal Bismuth; title: Chemical weapons / Chantal Bismuth; title: Chemical terrorism and cyanides / Arnaud Delahaye and Frédéric Baud; title: On the lack of usage of chemical weapons in the second World War and their utilization by terrorists / Robert L. Maynard and Timothy C. Marrs; title: Toxins / Patrick Barriot; title: Gulf War syndrome / Chantel Bismuth and Andreas Schaper; title: Organizational aspect of the management of large numbers of victims during a chemical or biological accident / David J. Baker, Caroline Telion, and Pierre Carli; title: Hospital management of victims of a chemical accident / Frédéric Baud and Bruno Mégarbane; title: Non-conventional counter-terrorism / Chantal Bismuth and Stephen W. Borrow; title: Introduction to biological weapons / Patrick Barriot and Chantal Bismuth; title: Clinical approach to pathogenic agents / Patrick Barriot; title: Variola (smallpox) / Patrick Barriot; title: Influenza and respiratory infections / Patrick Barriot; title: Anthrax / Patrick Barriot; title: Biotechnology: protection or peril? / Patrick Barriot; title: Nuclear and radiological weapons / Patrick Barriot; title: Effects of nuclear and radiological weapons on humans / Patrick Barriot; title: Battleships and flaws / Patrick Barriot and Chantal Bismuth.