TY - BOOK AU - Romano,James A. AU - Lukey,Brian J. AU - Salem,Harry TI - Chemical warfare agents: chemistry, pharmacology, toxicology, and therapeutics SN - 9781420046625 (ebook : PDF) PY - 2008/// CY - Boca Raton PB - CRC Press KW - Chemical agents (Munitions) KW - Electronic books KW - lcsh N1 - Rev. ed. of: Chemical warfare agents : toxicity at low levels / edited by Satu M. Somani, James A. Romano, Jr; Includes bibliographical references and index; Brief history and use of chemical warfare agents in warfare and terrorism; Harry Salem, Andrew L. Ternay Jr., and Jeffery K. Smart --; Chemistry of chemical warfare agents; Peter Kikilo, Vitaly Fedorenko, and Andrew L. Ternay Jr. --; Chemical warfare agent threat to drinking water; Harry Salem ... [et al.] --; Health effects of low-level exposure to nerve agents; John H. McDonough and James A. Romano Jr. --; Toxicokinetics of nerve agents; Marcel J. van der Schans, Hendrik P. Benschop, and Christopher E. Whalley --; Application of genomic, proteomic, and metabolomic technologies to the development of countermeasures against chemical warfare agents; Jennifer W. Sekowski and James F. Dillman III --; Novel approaches to medical protection against chemical warfare nerve agents; Ashima Saxena ... [et al.] --; Nerve agent bioscavengers : progress in development of a new mode of protection against organophosphorus exposure; David E. Lenz ... [et al.] --; Butyrylcholinesterase and its synthetic C-terminal peptide confer in vitro suppression of amyloid fibril formation; Erez Podoly ... [et al.] --; Novel medical countermeasure for organophosphorus intoxication : connection to Alzheimer's disease and dementia; Edna F.R. Pereira ... [et al.] --; Inhalation toxicology of nerve agents; Paul A. Dabisch ... [et al.] --; Vesicants and oxidative stress; Milton G. Smith ... [et al.] --; Health effects of exposure to vesicant agents; Charles G. Hurst and William J. Smith --; Cyanides : toxicology, clinical presentation, and medical management; Bryan Ballantyne and Harry Salem --; Chemicals used for riot control and personal protection; Harry Salem, Bryan Ballantyne, and Sydney Katz --; Mechanism of action of botulinum neurotoxin and overview of medical countermeasures for intoxication; Michael Adler ... [et al.] --; Ricin and related toxins : review and perspective; Charles B. Millard and Ross D. LeClaire --; Screening smokes : applications, toxicology, clinical considerations, and medical management; Bryan Ballantyne and Harry Salem --; Clinical detection of exposure to chemical warfare agents; Benedict R. Capacio ... [et al.] --; Personal protective equipment : practical and theoretical considerations; Michael R. Jones --; Chemical warfare agent decontamination from skin; Brian J. Lukey ... [et al.] --; Chemical warfare, chemical terrorism, and traumatic stress responses : an assessment of psychological impact; James A. Romano Jr. ... [et al.] --; Emergency response to a chemical warfare agent incident : domestic preparedness, first response, and public health considerations; David H. Moore and Barbara B. Saunders-Price --; Emergency medical response to a chemical terrorist attack; Stephen A. Pulley and Michael R. Jones; Also available in print edition UR - http://marc.crcnetbase.com/isbn/9781420046625 ER -