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| Contributors | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Agents of Terrorism and Medical Management | |
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| Chemical Terrorism | |
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| Chemical Nerve Agents | |
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| Vesicating Agents Including Mustard and Lewisite | |
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| Cyanide | |
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| Phosgene and Toxic Gases | |
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| Incapacitating Agents: BZ, Calmative Agents, and Riot Control Agents | |
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| Biological Agents | |
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| Anthrax | |
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| Plague | |
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| Smallpox | |
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| Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers | |
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| Lesser Known Biological Agents and Potential Threats | |
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| Biochemical Terrorism | |
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| Botulinum: The Most Toxic Substance Known | |
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| Toxins | |
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| Nuclear Terrorism | |
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| Types of Radiation: Basic Theory Explained for the Nonphysicist | |
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| Detection of Nuclear Radiation | |
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| Personal Protection and Decontamination for Radiation Emergencies | |
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| Treatment of Radiation Exposure and Contamination | |
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| Radiation Dispersal Devices, Dirty Bombs, and Nonconventional Radiation Exposure | |
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| Detonation of a Nuclear Device | |
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| Nuclear Power Plant Disasters | |
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| Explosives and Traumatic Terrorism | |
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| Types of Explosions and Explosive Injuries Defined | |
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| Case Study: Terrorism and Explosive Trauma: The Columbian Experience | |
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| Structure Collapse, Extrication, Crush Syndrome, and Rhabdomyolysis | |
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| All-Hazards Preparedness for Terrorism | |
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| Planning Preparedness for Terrorism | |
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| Introduction to All-Hazards Preparedness and Planning for Terrorism | |
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| Scene Preparedness | |
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| Hospital Preparedness | |
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| Case Study: Hospital Preparedness for Disaster: The Israeli Experience | |
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| Community Public Health Preparedness | |
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| Mass Gathering Preparedness | |
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| Federal, State, Regional, and Local Resource Access and Utilization | |
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| Equipment Preparedness for Terrorism | |
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| Personal Protective Equipment | |
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| All-Hazards Approach to Decontamination | |
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| Detection, Prediction, and Surveillance | |
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| Communications Preparedness for Terrorism | |
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| Health Care Facilities and Interagency Communication During Terrorism | |
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| Media and Communications Preparedness for Terrorist Events | |
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| Training Preparedness for Terrorism | |
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| Exercises and Educational Courses in Terrorism Preparedness | |
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| Technology Applications in Preparedness Training | |
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| Operational Medical Preparedness for Terrorism | |
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| Strategic Response to Explosive and Traumatic Terrorism | |
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| The Forensic Evaluation of Gunshot Wounds Associated with a Terrorist Event | |
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| Homeland Security | |
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| The Role of Military Medicine in Civilian Disaster Response | |
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| Law Enforcement-Related Agencies | |
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| Special Considerations for Terrorist Events | |
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| Psychological Impact of Terrorism | |
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| Being a Child in the Midst of Terrorism | |
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| Agricultural Terrorism and its Implication on the Health Care System | |
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| Mass Fatality Incidents | |
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| Cyberterrorism | |
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| Index | |