Methods for Assessing and Reducing Injury from Chemical Accidents
Published on 28. June 1989
Book
Hardback
330 pages
978-0-471-92278-0 (ISBN)
Description
This volume embodies the efforts of a body of scientists who met in New Delhi in 1987 to review the methodologies of prevention and of reducing the injury to human health and the environment. The symposium was a response to a series of recent catastrophic accidents connected with toxic chemicals. This monograph should not be considered as a manual for chemical accident management, but rather as a source of critical information for those in governments and industry who have to deal with such emergencies.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
25 line figures, 7 half-tones, tables, index
Dimensions
Height: 54 mm
Width: 35 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-92278-0 (9780471922780)
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Content
Part 1 Joint report: the assessment and control of chemical accidents; health assessment and medical response; long-term response; ecological aspects; disaster emergency planning. Part 2 Contributed chapters: evaluation of exposure and hazard in chemical catastrophes, Vladimir Dolezal and Jiri Pokorny; industrial/chemical disasters - medical care, public health and epidemiology in the acute phase, Henry Falk; biological effects of chemical disasters - human victims, C.R.Krishna Murti; biological effects in humans, initial management and role and responsibility of poison centres in chemical accidents, Per Kulling; communications and preparedness for chemical accidents, Adeline Levine; dispersal of chemicals, James McQuaid; ecotoxicological considerations of chemical accidents, David B.Peakall; planning for the emergency medical service response to chemical disaster, Jiri Pokorny et al; chemical accidents - long-term health issues, V.Silano and P.Comba; background review paper on pathology - collection, processing and storage of pathological material for immediate analysis and later study of toxicological effects and their long-term implication, S.Sriramachari; initial management of event - factors affecting the occurrence and initial management, S.Varadarajan; the nature of chemical hazards, their accidental potential and consequences, Jacques Vilain.