Medical Consequences Of Radiological And Nuclear Weapons (Textbooks of Military Medicine)

PRINT FORMAT ONLY NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT-- OVERSTOCK SALE -- Significantly reduced list price An updated version of the 1989 TMM, this volume addresses nuclear events and their consequences for the medical community. Topics covered include acute radiation syndrome, triage and treatment of radiation and combined-injury mass casualties, treatment of internal radionuclide contamination, behavioral and neurophysiological consequences of radiation exposure, cytogenetic biodosimetry, and more. Textbooks of Military Medicine (TMM). Senior Editor, Anthony B. Mickelson Radiological events and their consequences / Charles R. Woodruff Jr., Leonard A. Alt, C. Douglas Forcino, and Richard I. Walker Acute radiation syndrome in humans / Ronald E. Goans and Daniel F. Flynn Triage and treatment of radiation and combined-injury mass casualties / Daniel F. Flynn and Ronald E. Goans Treatment of internal radionuclide contamination / John F. Kalinich Therapy for bacterial infections following ionizing radiation injury / Thomas B. Elliott and G. David Ledney Early-phase biological dosimetry / William F. Blakely Behavioral and neurophysiological consequences of radiation exposure / Andre Obenaus, G. Andrew Mickley, Victor Bogo, Bruce R. West, and Jacob Raber Psychological issues in a radiological or nuclear attack / Steven M. Becker Late and low-level effects of ionizing radiation / Alexandra C. Miller, Merriline Satyamitra, Shilpa Kulkarni, and Thomas Walden Radiological considerations in medical operations / John P. Madrid Perspectives in radiological and nuclear countermeasures / K. Sree Kumar, Juliann G. Kiang, Mark H. Whitnall, and Martin Hauer-Jensen Cytogenetic biodosimetry / Pataje G.S. Prasanna and C. Norman Coleman.