Weapons of mass casualties and terrorism response handbook
This text covers biological and chemical weapons and provides a brief history, sign and symptoms, personal protective measures, and treatment modalities for the various agents
Print Book, English, ©2006
Jones and Bartlett, Sudbury, Mass., ©2006
Handbooks and manuals
xvii, 286 pages : illustrations (some color), cartes ; 29 cm
9780763724252, 0763724254
1079845406
1. Introduction
2. Cyanide and other tissue toxins
3. Nerve agents
4. Pulmonary agents
5. Vesicant agents
6. Nonlethal agents
7. Improvisational chemical warfare agents
8. Introduction to biological warfare
9. Live bacterial agents
10. Viral agents
11. Hemorrhagic fever viruses
12. Rickettsial agents
13. Possible biotoxins
14. Radiation emergencies
15. Electronic terrorism and directed energy weapons
16. Personal protection and decontamination
17. Summary and conclusions
Glossary : p. 249-271