Medical Aspects of Chemical Warfare.

Cover -- Front Matter -- 1. Introduction to the Chemical Threat -- 2. History of Chemical Warfare -- 3. History of the Medical Management of Chemical Casualties -- 4. History of the Chemical Threat, Chemical Terrorism, and Its Implications for Military Medicine -- 5. Nerve Agents -- 6. Neuroprotection as a Treatment for Nerve Agent Survivors -- 7. Nerve Agent Bioscavenger: Development of a New Approach to Protect Against Organophosphorus Exposure -- 8. Vesicants -- 9. Long-Term Health Effects of Chemical Threat Agents -- 10. Toxic Inhalational Injury and Toxic Industrial Chemicals -- 11. Cyanide Poisoning -- 12. Incapacitating Agents -- 13. Riot Control Agents -- 14. Field Management of Chemical Casualties -- 15. Triage of Chemical Casualties -- 16. Decontamination of Chemical Casualties -- 17. Chemical Defense Equipment -- 18. Occupational Health and the Chemical Surety Mission -- 19. Toxins: Established and Emergent Threats -- 20. Medical Chemical Defense Acquisition Programs -- 21. Medical Management of Chemical Toxicity in Pediatrics -- 22. Medical Diagnostics -- 23. Domestic Preparedness -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Index -- Dedication.

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