Title Veterans at Risk : the health effects of mustard gas and Lewisite / Constance M. Pechura and David P. Rall, editors

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1993

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 427 pages) : illustrations Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Methods of Literature Collection and Survey -- 3. History and Analysis of Mustard Agent and Lewisite Research Programs in the United States -- 4. Findings from the Public Hearing Process -- 5. Chemistry of Sulfur Mustard and Lewisite -- 6. Relationship of Mustard Agent and Lewisite Exposure to Carcinogenesis -- 7. Nonmalignant Respiratory Effects of Mustard Agents and Lewisite -- 8. Ocular Effects of Mustard Agents and Lewisite -- 9. Dermatological Effects of Mustard Agents and Lewisite -- 10. Other Physiological Effects of Mustard Agents and Lewisite -- 11. Relationship of Mustard Agent and Lewisite Exposure to Psychological Dysfunction -- 12. Summary of Findings and Recommendations -- App. A: Scientific and Background Presentations Made to the Committee -- App. B: Excerpt from The Residual Effects of Warfare Gases -- App. C: Involvement of the National Academy of Sciences Complex in World War II Research Programs: A Summary -- App. D: Excerpts from Chamber Tests with Human Subjects I, II, and IX. Naval Research Laboratory Reports Nos. P-2208 and P-2579 App. E: Interim Report and Addendum: Feasibility of Developing a Cohort of Veterans Exposed to Mustard Gas During WWII Testing Programs -- App. F: Summary of the Department of the Army Report: Use of Volunteers in Chemical Agent Research. Key Elements of the Nuremberg Code of 1947 -- App. G: Public Hearing Announcement. Veterans Who Appeared at the Public Hearing. Summary of Health Problems Reported by Veterans -- App. H: Letter from Dr. Jay Katz to Dr. David P. Rall -- App. I: Risk Assessment Considerations for Sulfur Mustard -- App. J: Examination of the Effects of Certain Acute Environmental Exposures on Future Respiratory Health Consequences Notes "Committee to Survey the Health Effects of Mustard Gas and Lewisite, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-329) and index Notes English Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Mustard gas -- Toxicology Lewisite (Poison gas) -- Toxicology Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous -- Toxicology. Mustard Gas -- toxicity Gas Poisoning MEDICAL -- Toxicology. Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous -- Toxicology Lewisite (Poison gas) -- Toxicology Mustard gas -- Toxicology Toxikologie Lewisit Giftgas Lost Form Electronic book Author Pechura, Constance M. Rall, David P. LC no. 92040735 ISBN 0585027250 9780585027258 1280196645 9781280196645 9786610196647 6610196648 0309557364 9780309557368

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