| Main Title |
Medical aspects of chemical and biological warfare / |
| Other Authors |
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| Publisher |
Borden Institute, Walter Reed Army Medical Center ; Office of the Surgeon General, United States Army ; United States Army Medical Dept. Center and School ; United States Army Medical Research and Material Command ; Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, |
| Year Published |
1997 |
| OCLC Number |
37116383 |
| Subjects |
Medicine, Military ;
Chemical warfare ;
Biological warfare ;
Military Medicine--methods
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| ELBM |
RC971.T48 1989 v.5 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
11/21/2023 |
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| Collation |
xvi, 721 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents Notes |
Patient Flow in a Theater of Operations -- Medical Aftermath of the Persian Gulf War -- 1. Overview: Defense Against the Effects of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents -- 2. History of Chemical and Biological Warfare:An American Perspective -- 3. Historical Aspects of Medical Defense Against Chemical Warfare -- 4. The Chemical Warfare Threat and the Military Healthcare Provider -- 5. Nerve Agents -- 6. Pretreatment for Nerve Agent Exposure -- 7. Vesicants -- 8. Long-Term Health Effects of Nerve Agents and Mustard -- 9. Toxic Inhalational Injury -- 10. Cyanide Poisoning -- 11. Incapacitating Agents -- 12. Riot Control Agents -- 13. Field Management of Chemical Casualties -- 14. Triage of Chemical Casualties -- 15. Decontamination -- 16. Chemical Defense Equipment -- 17. Healthcare and the Chemical Surety Mission -- 18. Historical Overview of Biological Warfare -- 19. The U.S. Biological Warfare and Biological Defense Programs -- 20. Use of Biological Weapons -- 21. The Biological Warfare Threat -- 22. Anthrax -- 23. Plague -- 24. Tularemia -- 25. Brucellosis -- 26. Q Fever -- 27. Smallpox -- 28. Viral Encephalitides -- 29. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers -- 30. Defense Against Toxin Weapons -- 31. Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B and Related Pyrogenic Toxins -- 32. Ricin Toxin -- 33. Botulinum Toxins -- 34. Trichothecene Mycotoxins -- 35. Medical Challenges in Chemical and Biological Defense for the 21st Century. |
