Description
Product ID: | 9781032137230 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Handbook Chemical & Biological Warfare Agents 3e |
Title: | Handbook of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents, Volume 1 |
Subtitle: | Military Chemical and Toxic Industrial Agents |
Authors: | Author: D. Hank Ellison |
Page Count: | 812 |
Subjects: | Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Chemical and biological weapons, Waste management, Chemical & biological weapons, Waste management |
Description: | Select Guide Rating This volume is formatted to offer rapid access to listings of non-lethal chemical agents including nerve agents, vesicants, urticants, convulsants, blood agents, and pulmonary agents—as well as toxic industrial materials that are considered potential threat for use as improvised agents. . The Handbook of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents, Volume 1: Military Chemical and Toxic Industrial Agents, Third Edition provides rapid access to key data to response professionals and decision-makers on a broad range of agents and pathogens. This volume examines military chemical agents that were developed for their lethal effects and includes chapters on nerve agents, vesicants, urticants, convulsants, blood agents, and pulmonary agents. It also details toxic industrial materials that are considered potential threat for use as improvised agents. In addition to a discussion of each of these classes of agents, coverage includes detailed information on a broad spectrum of individual agents that have been used on the battlefield, stockpiled as weapons, used or threatened to be used by terrorists, or have been otherwise assessed by qualified law enforcement and response organizations and determined to be agents of significant concern The information presented in this edition has been updated and expanded; containing more information on toxicology, health effects, chemical and physical properties of individual agents, as well as protective actions needed at the scene of an incident. Key Features:
All data compiled is gathered from numerous sources and arranged into the current, easy-to-access format. In order to ensure accuracy, all data has been cross-checked over the widest variety of military, scientific and medical sources available. The Handbook of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents, Volume 1: Military Chemical and Toxic Industrial Agents, Third Edition remains the gold-standard reference detailing the widest variety of military, scientific, and medical sources available |
Imprint Name: | CRC Press |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2022-12-09 |