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| View Larger Image | Handbook of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents, Second Edition | Hardcoverby D. Hank Ellison (Author)
| List Price: | $134.95 | | Price: | $115.90 | | You Save: | $19.05 (14%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | CRC | | Edition: | 2nd Edition | | Page Count: | 800 Pages | | Publication Date: | August 24, 2007 | | Sales Rank: | 942,377nd |
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ACCESSORIES |
| Emergency Characterization of Unknown Materials
by Rick Houghton (Author)
Deliberately, accidentally, or consequentially, first responders and waste site workers handle unknown substances of varying degrees of danger every day. Unidentified chemicals involved with clandestine production of WMD agents or drugs, explosive materials, unlabeled waste, and forensic samples all pose a threat to the worker and those they protect. A straightforward, concise handbook of practical strategies is needed to perform effective risk assessment and management in the face of...
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| Emergency Action for Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents
by D. Hank Ellison (Author)
A HazMat team evacuates five square miles of a city business district in response to a chemical spill. Ten city blocks away, a police special response team forms a perimeter around an office building where a terrorist threatens the release of a deadly chemical agent. Meanwhile, paramedics administer first aid to victims exposed to a possible vesicant.In the real-life world of emergency response, nothing is more crucial to crisis personnel than quick and decisive action. D. Hank Ellison's...
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
Extensively revised and updated, this second edition of the bestselling Handbook of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents goes well beyond the “dirty thirty” commonly discussed agents and provides rapid access to a wide range of agents that can be used as weapons. This edition incorporates additional classes of agents, expands existing classes, and increases the number of agents described. Expanding the scope of the original, this edition is rich with scientific data and provides more information on the chemical, physical, and biological properties of these agents and their health effects. Highly organized and cross-referenced to provide instant access to the most authoritative data, this handbook is divided into classes based on the common military groupings of chemical, biological, and toxin agents. Additional classes are provided where the divisions are too broad for appropriate identification, along with classes for non-traditional agents and improvised industrial materials. At the end of each class section is detailed technical information about individual agents, components, precursors, and decomposition products within that class. Employing four indices along with the handbook’s own identification number, each entry follows a standard format for that class including toxicology, characteristics, hazards, protection, and medical response. Other information is provided where applicable such as chemical formula, routes of exposure, medicinal uses, threat or treaty listing, and descriptions of the disease as it appears in humans, animals, and plants. All values are based on a “standard” man model to allow for consistency of data and evaluations. Still the gold-standard reference in the field, Handbook of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents, Second Edition raises the bar in terms of both quality and quantity and assures accuracy across the widest variety of military, scientific, and medical sources available. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 1 review)
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Second Edition is a Vastly Improved by Rick Houghton (St. Johns, MI USA)  5 Stars
November 06, 2007
D. Hank Ellison's "Handbook of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents, Second Edition" is a notable improvement on the successful first edition. This edition provides readily available access to data on more than the traditional "dirty 30" CWAs and now includes additional agents, precursors and decomposition products. Plain text descriptions provide the reader with some cursory background information before listing detailed information. Environmental fate, personal protective equipment, decontamination and mass casualty management are among the more interesting topics on the agents. As a member of the Department of Health and Human Services DMORT-WMD emergency response team, Mr. Ellison is certainly qualified to describe management of fatalities.
- Rick Houghton, author of Emergency Characterization of Unknown Materials
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SIMILAR PRODUCTS |
| Chemical Warfare Agents: Chemistry, Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics, Second Edition
by James A. Romano Jr. (Editor), Brian J. Lukey (Editor), Harry Salem (Editor)
The first edition of this book, Chemical Warfare Agents: Toxicity at Low Levels, was published just prior to the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001. Reflecting a greater sense of urgency within the field of chemical defense since this event, research related to chemical warfare agents (CWAs) continues to expand at a remarkable pace. Chemical Warfare Agents: Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics, Second Edition explores the latest methods and products for preventing, diagnosing,...
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| State Secrets: An Insider's Chronicle of the Russian Chemical Weapons Program
by Vil S Mirzayanov (Author)
This is the book nobody wants you to read.
"The persecution of Dr. Mirzayanov stands in direct contradiction of the Clinton Administration's commitment to strengthen democratization efforts in the former Soviet Union, and halt the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. I am confident that you share my deep concern over the treatment of this courageous scientist, and I call on you to personally appeal for his release."
- From the Letter of John Conyers, Jr.,...
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| A Laboratory History of Chemical Warfare Agents
by Jared, Ledgard (Author)
A Laboratory History of Chemical Warfare Agents is a revolutionary new book discussing the laboratory preparation of some of the most interesting toxic substances known to man. However broad the field may be, this book is an invaluable collection of nearly 100 years of chemical warfare research and history. From the researcher to the student or just plain novice, the information contained herein will change the way you think about warfare agents and their properties. The book is a valuable...
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