Format:
1 online resource (447 pages)
ISBN:
9780309557368
Content:
Veterans at Risk -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- BACKGROUND -- GENERAL CONCLUSIONS -- SPECIFIC FINDINGS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- 1 Introduction -- REFERENCES -- 2 Methods of Literature Collection and Survey -- ONLINE DATABASES -- OTHER SOURCES -- SUPPLEMENTAL WORLD WAR II MILITARY REPORTS -- LITERATURE TRANSLATION, DISSEMINATION, AND ANALYSIS -- REFERENCES -- 3 History and Analysis of Mustard Agentand Lewisite Research Programsin the United States -- INTRODUCTION -- Sulfur Mustard -- Lewisite -- RESEARCH PROGRAMS OF WORLD WAR I AND THE POSTWAR PERIOD -- TESTING PROGRAMS AND CHEMICAL WARFARE PRODUCTION IN WORLD WAR II -- Patch or Drop Tests -- Chamber Tests -- Field Tests -- Gas Production, Gas Handling, and Chemical Warfare Production -- The Bari Harbor Disaster -- Medical Applications of Chemical Warfare Research -- RESEARCH, USE, AND DISPOSAL OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS AFTER WORLD WAR II -- Postwar Research Programs -- Continuing Use of Sulfur Mustard and Other Chemical Weapons in International Conflicts -- U.S. Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program -- CONCLUSIONS AND FURTHER ANALYSIS -- REFERENCES -- 4 Findings from the Public Hearing Process -- RESULTS AND FINDINGS -- Types of Veteran Exposures -- Health Problems Reported -- Personal Aspects of Veteran Reports -- TREATMENT OF HUMAN SUBJECTS -- CONCLUSIONS AND ACTIONS TAKEN -- REFERENCES -- 5 Chemistry of Sulfur Mustard and Lewisite -- SULFUR MUSTARD -- Reaction of Sulfur Mustard with Various Nucleophiles -- Reactions of Biologic Importance -- LEWISITE -- REFERENCES -- 6 Relationship of Mustard Agent and Lewisite Exposure to Carcinogenesis -- ACUTE EFFECTS AND BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS -- Sulfur Mustard -- Biologic Fate and Mechanisms of Action -- Nucleic Acid and Protein Conjugation -- Cytogenetic and Mutagenic Effects -- Summary -- Lewisite.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780309048323
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780309048323
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3377213
