Chemical Warfare Agents, Second Edition has been
totally revised since the successful first edition and expanded to
about three times the length, with many new chapters and much more
in-depth consideration of all the topics. The chapters have been
written by distinguished international experts in various aspects
of chemical warfare agents and edited by an experienced team to
produce a clear review of the field.
The book now contains a wealth of material on the mechanisms of
action of the major chemical warfare agents, including the nerve
agent cyclosarin, formally considered to be of secondary
importance, as well as ricin and abrin. Chemical Warfare
Agents, Second Edition discusses the physico-chemical
properties of chemical warfare agents, their dispersion and fate in
the environment, their toxicology and management of their effects
on humans, decontamination and protective equipment. New chapters
cover the experience gained after the use of sarin to attack
travellers on the Tokyo subway and how to deal with the outcome of
the deployment of riot control agents such as CS gas.
This book provides a comprehensive review of chemical warfare
agents, assessing all available evidence regarding the medical,
technical and legal aspects of their use. It is an invaluable
reference work for physicians, public health planners, regulators
and any other professionals involved in this field.
Review of the First Edition:
‘What more appropriate time for a title of this scope than in
the post 9/11 era? …a timely, scholarly, and well-written volume
which offers much information of immense current and…future
benefit.’
–VETERINARY AND HUMAN TOXICOLOGY
Tabella dei contenuti
List of Contributors.
Preface.
1 Opinions of Chemical Warfare (Robert L. Maynard).
2 The Physicochemical Properties and General Toxicology of
Chemical Warfare Agents (Robert L. Maynard).
3 Dispersion and Modelling of the Spread of Chemical Warfare
Agents (Roger D. Kingdon and Stephen Walker).
4 The Fate of Chemical Warfare Agents in the Environment
(Sylvia S. Talmage, Nancy B. Munro, Annetta P. Watson, Joseph F.
King and Veronique D. Hauschild).
5 Biological Markers of Exposure to Chemical Warfare Agents
(Robin M. Black and Daan Noort).
6 Respiratory Protection (Anthony Wetherell and George
Mathers).
7 Responding to Chemical Terrorism: Operational Planning and
Decontamination (Gron Roberts and Robert L. Maynard).
8 Toxicology of Organophosphate Nerve Agents (Timothy C.
Marrs).
9 A History of Human Studies with Nerve Agents by the UK and USA
(Frederick R. Sidell).
10 Nerve Agents: Low-Dose Effects (Leah Scott).
11 Managing Civilian Casualties Affected by Nerve Agents (J.
Allister Vale, Paul Rice and Timothy C. Marrs).
12 The Management of Casualties Following Toxic Agent Release:
The Approach Adopted in France (David J. Baker).
13 The Dark Morning: The Experiences and Lessons Learned from
the Tokyo Subway Sarin Attack (Tetsu Okumura, Tomohisa Nomura,
Toshishige Suzuki, Manabu Sugita, Yasuo Takeuchi, Toshio Naito,
Sumie Okumura, Hiroshi Maekawa, Shinichi Ishimatsu, Nobukatsu
Takasu, Kunihisa Miura and Kouichiro Suzuki).
14 Atropine and Other Anticholinergic Drugs (John H.
Mc Donough and Tsung-Ming Shih).
15 Oximes (Peter A. Eyer and Franz Worek).
16 The Use of Benzodiazepines in Organophosphorus Nerve Agent
Intoxication (Timothy C. Marrs and Åke
Sellström).
17 Pretreatment for Nerve Agent Poisoning (Leah
Scott).
18 Gulf War Syndrome (Simon Wessely and Mathew
Hotopf).
19 Mustard Gas (Robert L. Maynard).
20 Dermal Aspects of Chemical Warfare (Robert P.
Chilcott).
21 Sulphur Mustard Injuries of the Skin: Pathophysiology and
Clinical Management of Chemical Burns (Paul Rice).
22 The Normal Bone Marrow and Management of Toxin-Induced Stem
Cell Failure (Jennifer G. Treleaven).
23 Organic Arsenicals (Timothy C. Marrs and Robert L.
Maynard).
24 Phosgene (Robert L. Maynard).
25 Cyanides: Chemical Warfare Agents and Potential Terrorist
Threats (Bryan Ballantyne, Chantal Bismuth and Alan H.
Hall).
26 Riot Control Agents in Military Operations, Civil Disturbance
Control and Potential Terrorist Activities, with Particular
Reference to Peripheral Chemosensory Irritants (Bryan
Ballantyne).
27 Ricin and Abrin Poisoning (Sally M. Bradberry, J. Michael
Lord, Paul Rice and J. Allister Vale).
28 The Total Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (Graham S.
Pearson).
29 An A-Z of Compounds of Interest in Relation to Chemical
Warfare and Other Malevolent Uses of Poisons (Philippa Edwards
and Robert L. Maynard).
Index.
Circa l’autore
Timothy C. Marrs OBE. Edentox Associates, Edenbridge, Kent, UK; National Poisons Information Service Birmingham Centre, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK; University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK.
Robert L. Maynard CBE. Air Pollution Unit, Health Protection Agency, London, UK.
Frederick R. Sidell i. Institute of Chemical Defense, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, USA.
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