Chemical Warfare Agents

List of Contributors.
Preface.
1 Opinions of Chemical Warfare (Robert L. Maynard).
2 The Physicochemical Properties and General Toxicology ofChemicalWarfare Agents (Robert L. Maynard).
3 Dispersion and Modelling of the Spread of Chemical WarfareAgents (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 GeorgeMathers).
7 Responding to Chemical Terrorism: Operational Planning andDecontamination (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 fromthe Tokyo Subway Sarin Attack (Tetsu Okumura, Tomohisa Nomura,Toshishige Suzuki, Manabu Sugita, Yasuo Takeuchi, Toshio Naito,Sumie Okumura, Hiroshi Maekawa, Shinichi Ishimatsu, NobukatsuTakasu, Kunihisa Miura and Kouichiro Suzuki).
14 Atropine and Other Anticholinergic Drugs (John H.McDonough and Tsung-Ming Shih).
15 Oximes (Peter A. Eyer and Franz Worek).
16 The Use of Benzodiazepines in Organophosphorus Nerve AgentIntoxication (Timothy C. Marrs and ÅkeSellström).
17 Pretreatment for Nerve Agent Poisoning (LeahScott).
18 Gulf War Syndrome (Simon Wessely and MathewHotopf).
19 Mustard Gas (Robert L. Maynard).
20 Dermal Aspects of Chemical Warfare (Robert P.Chilcott).
21 Sulphur Mustard Injuries of the Skin: Pathophysiology andClinical Management of Chemical Burns (Paul Rice).
22 The Normal Bone Marrow and Management of Toxin-Induced StemCell 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 TerroristThreats (Bryan Ballantyne, Chantal Bismuth and Alan H.Hall).
26 Riot Control Agents in Military Operations, Civil DisturbanceControl and Potential Terrorist Activities, with ParticularReference to Peripheral Chemosensory Irritants (BryanBallantyne).
27 Ricin and Abrin Poisoning (Sally M. Bradberry, J. MichaelLord, 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 ChemicalWarfare and Other Malevolent Uses of Poisons (Philippa Edwardsand Robert L. Maynard).
Index.