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Physician's guide to terrorist attack / edited by Michael J. Roy.

Title
Physician's guide to terrorist attack / edited by Michael J. Roy.
Publication
Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, c2004.

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Additional Authors
Roy, Michael J., 1962-
Description
xv, 405 p. : ill.; 26 cm. +
Subject
  • Biological Warfare > prevention & control
  • Chemical Warfare Agents > toxicity
  • Decontamination > methods
  • Disaster Planning > organization & administration
  • Disaster medicine
  • Emergency Medical Services > organization & administration
  • Nuclear Warfare
  • Terrorism > Health aspects
  • Terrorism > prevention & control
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
System Details (note)
  • System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Adobe Reader 6.0 or later.
Contents
Ch. 1. Mass casualty events: lessons learned -- Ch. 2. Hospital preparation and response to an incident -- Ch. 3. Physician recognition of bioterrorism-related diseases -- Ch. 4. Introduction to biological, chemical, nuclear, and radiological weapons: with review of their historical use -- Ch. 5. Anthrax -- Ch. 6. Plague -- Ch. 7. Tularemia -- Ch. 8. Brucellosis -- Ch. 9. Q fever -- Ch. 10. Melioidosis and glanders -- Ch. 11. Botulinum toxins -- Ch. 12. Ricin toxin -- Ch. 13. Staphylococcal enterotoxin B -- Ch. 14. Mycotoxins -- Ch. 15. Smallpox -- Ch. 16. Viral hemorrhagic fevers -- Ch. 17. Viral encephalitides -- Ch. 18. Pulmonary toxic agents -- Ch. 19. Cyanide -- Ch. 20. Vesicants -- Ch. 21. Nerve agents -- Ch. 22. Incapacitating agents -- Ch. 23. Riot control agents -- Ch. 24. Radiation effects -- Ch. 25. Explosives -- Ch. 26. Psychological impact of terrorist incidents -- Ch. 27. Conclusions.
ISBN
  • 158829207X (alk. paper)
  • 1592596630 (e-ISBN)
LCCN
2003008190
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries