Title The Medical Implications of Nuclear War

Published National Academies Press 1986

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Description 1 online resource (619 pages) Contents Understanding and preventing nuclear war : the expanding role of the scientific community / David A. Hamburg -- pt. 1. Nuclear war with modern weapons : physical effects and environmental consequences: Possible fatalities from superfires following nuclear attacks in or near urban areas / Theodore A. postol ; A review of the physics of large urban fires / H.L. Brode and R.D. Small ; Recent assessments of the environmental consequences of nuclear war / Richard P. Turco ; Nuclear famine : the indirect effects of nuclear war / Mark A. Harwell and Christine C. Harwell ; Nuclear winter : the state of the science / George F. Carrier ; Atmospheric perturbations of large-scale nuclear war / Robert C. Malone ; Possible toxic environments following a muclear war / John W. Birks and Sherry L. Stephens ; Radioactive fallout / Charles S. Shapiro, Ted F. Harvey, and Kendall R. Peterson -- pt. 2. Heatlth consequences of nuclear war: Casualties due to the blast, heat, and radioactive fallout from various hypothetical nuclear attacks on the United STates / William Daugherty, Barbara Levi, and Frank von Hippel ; Acute radiation mortality in a nuclear war / Joseph Rotblat ; Burn and blast casualties : triage in nuclear war / Jennifer Leaning ; Food and nutrition in the aftermath of nuclear war / Alexander Leaf ; Psychological consequences of disaster : analogies for the nuclear case / James Thompson ; The immunologigical impact of nuclear warfare / David S. Greer and Lawrence S. Rifkin ; Expected incidence of cancer following nuclear war / Nikolai P. Bochkov and Per Oftedal ; Genetic consequences of nuclear war / Per Oftedal -- pt. 3. Medical resource needs and availability following nuclear war: Medical supply and demand in a post-nuclear-war world / Herbert L. Abrams ; The consequences of nuclear war : an economic and social perspective / Hal Cochrane and Dennis Mileti -- pt. 4. Images of nuclear war : psychosocial perspectives: Children's and adolescents' perceptions of the threat of nuclear war : implications of recent studies / William R. Beardslee ; Scandinavian youth view the future : a preliminary report of a large questionnaire survey / Magne Raundalen and Ole Johan Finnoy ; Adult beliefs, feelings, and actions regarding nuclear war : ecidence from surveys and experiments / Susan T. Fiske ; Hope and the denial of stress in the nuclear age / Shlomo Breznitz ; The nuclear arms race and the psychology of power / Jerome D. Frank ; Managerial demands of modern weapons systems / John D. Steinbruner ; Sources of human instability in the handling of nuclear weapons / Herbert L. Abrams ; The impact of crisis-induced stress on decision making / ALexander L. George -- pt. 5. Long-term consequences of and prospects for recovery from nuclear war : two views / View I / Carl Sagan ; View II / Lynn R. Anspaugh -- Concluding remarks: Summary and perspective : with some observation on informed consent / Herbert L. Abrams Notes Written by world-renowned scientists, this volume portrays the possible direct and indirect devastation of human health from a nuclear attack. The most comprehensive work yet produced on this subject, <b>The Medical Implications of Nuclear War</b> includes an overview of the potential environmental and physical effects of nuclear bombardment, describes the problems of choosing who among the injured would get the scarce medical care available, addresses the nuclear arms race from a psychosocial perspective, and reviews the medical needs--in contrast to the medical resources likely to be available--after a nuclear attack. "It should serve as the definitive statement on the consequences of nuclear war."--<i>Arms Control Today</i> Subject Emergency medical services -- Congresses Nuclear warfare -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses Nuclear warfare -- Health aspects -- Congresses Nuclear warfare -- Psychological aspects -- Congresses Nuclear warfare -- Social aspects -- Congresses Radioactive fallout. Radiation injuries. Nuclear warfare. Attitude (Psychology) Mortality. Social change. Ecology. Vital statistics. Pollutants. Sociology. Wounds and injuries. Biology. Demography. Life sciences. Diseases. Physical sciences. Social problems. Social sciences. Public health. Medical care. Statistics -- Methodology Radioactive Fallout Radiation Injuries -- congresses Radioactive Fallout -- adverse effects -- Congresses Radiation Injuries Radioactive Fallout -- congresses -- adverse effects Radiation Radiation Injuries -- Congresses Environment and Public Health Nuclear Warfare -- congresses Nuclear Warfare Radiation Effects Warfare Nuclear Warfare -- Congresses Attitude Mortality Social Change Ecology Morbidity Hazardous Substances Vital Statistics Environmental Pollutants Earth Sciences Electromagnetic Phenomena Sociology Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms Wounds and Injuries Radiologic Health Radioactive Pollutants Socioeconomic Factors Biology Data Collection Physical Phenomena Demography Biological Science Disciplines Disease Natural Science Disciplines Population Characteristics Social Problems Social Sciences Toxic Actions Complex Mixtures Psychiatry and Psychology Public Health Information Science Disciplines and Occupations Epidemiologic Methods Phenomena and Processes Chemicals and Drugs Epidemiologic Measurements Chemical Actions and Uses Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena Delivery of Health Care Investigative Techniques Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment Data Collection -- methods Patient Care nuclear wars. mortality. ecology. pollutants. sociology. biology. demography. biological sciences. disease. illness. physical sciences. social issues. social sciences. public health. NATURE -- Natural Disasters. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disasters & Disaster Relief. Wounds and injuries Vital statistics Sociology Social sciences Social problems Social change Radioactive fallout Radiation injuries Public health Pollutants Physical sciences Nuclear warfare Mortality Medical care Life sciences Ecology Diseases Demography Biology Attitude (Psychology) Emergency medical services Nuclear warfare -- Environmental aspects Nuclear warfare -- Health aspects Nuclear warfare -- Psychological aspects Nuclear warfare -- Social aspects War & Public Health. Public Health. Health & Biological Sciences. Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings Form Electronic book Author Solomon, Frederic. Marston, Robert Q. ISBN 1280221852 9781280221859 9780309036368 0309036364

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