Medical Consequences Of Nuclear Warfare

Author : Fred Solomon,Robert Q. Marston,Lewis Thomas,Steering Committee for the Symposium on the Medical Implications of Nuclear War,Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1986-01-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 0309078660

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The Medical Implications of Nuclear War by Fred Solomon,Robert Q. Marston,Lewis Thomas,Steering Committee for the Symposium on the Medical Implications of Nuclear War,Institute of Medicine Pdf

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, The Medical Implications of Nuclear War 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."--Arms Control Today

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Medical
ISBN : UCAL:B4285107

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The Medical Implications of Nuclear War by Institute of Medicine Pdf

The first part of this interdisciplinary study of the consequences of nuclear war provides an overview of its physical and environmental effects: urban fires, nuclear winter, nuclear famine, and toxic environments. Part II considers the consequences from the standpoint of death, injuries, and the health of survivors; and describes the effects of radiation exposure, food shortages and malnutrition on the prospects of survival, and psychological consequences. Part III reviews the demand for medical resources after a nuclear attack, and estimates the actual supply likely to be available. Part IV addresses the nuclear arms race from a psychosocial point or view, while Part V offers views on the prospects for recovery from nuclear war. ISBN 0-309-03692-5:$43.50.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UIUC:30112004321672

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Medical Consequences of Nuclear Warfare by Anonim Pdf

Author : Walter Reed Army Medical Center Borden Institute Staff
Publisher : Department of the Army
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2000-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0160591341

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Medical Consequences of Nuclear Warfare by Walter Reed Army Medical Center Borden Institute Staff Pdf

Textbook of Military Medicine, Pt. I, Warfare, Weaponry, and the Casualty. Specialty editors: Richard I. Walker and T. Jan Cerveny. Contributing Authors: Leonard A. Alt, et al. Addresses the increasingly important medical challenges of the consequences and management of radiation injuries.

Author : British Medical Association. Board of Science and Education
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Atomic bomb
ISBN : UCAL:$B299969

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The Medical Effects of Nuclear War by British Medical Association. Board of Science and Education Pdf

Author : Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Atomic bomb
ISBN : CHI:48945104

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The Medical Consequences of Nuclear Weapons by Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Medicine, Military
ISBN : OCLC:25591753

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Medical Consequences of Nuclear Warfare by Anonim Pdf

Author : Fredric Solomon
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 619 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0309036364

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The Medical Implications of Nuclear War by Fredric Solomon Pdf

Discusses the problems of providing medical services to nuclear war survivors

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Institute of Medicine,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on Exposure of the American People to I-131 from the Nevada Atomic Bomb Tests,Committee on Thyroid Screening Related to I-131 Exposure
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1999-06-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309061759

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Exposure of the American People to Iodine-131 from Nevada Nuclear-Bomb Tests by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Institute of Medicine,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on Exposure of the American People to I-131 from the Nevada Atomic Bomb Tests,Committee on Thyroid Screening Related to I-131 Exposure Pdf

In 1997, after more than a decade of research, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) released a report which provided their assessment of radiation exposures that Americans may have received from radioactive iodine released from the atomic bomb tests conducted in Nevada during the 1950s and early 1960s. This book provides an evaluation of the soundness of the methodology used by the NCI study to estimate: Past radiation doses. Possible health consequences of exposure to iodine-131. Implications for clinical practice. Possible public health strategiesâ€"such as systematic screening for thyroid cancerâ€"to respond to the exposures. In addition, the book provides an evaluation of the NCI estimates of the number of thyroid cancers that might result from the nuclear testing program and provides guidance on approaches the U.S. government might use to communicate with the public about Iodine-131 exposures and health risks.

Author : E. I. Chazov
Publisher : Imported Publications, Incorporated
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X000978578

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Nuclear War by E. I. Chazov Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Committee on the Effects of Nuclear Earth-Penetrator and Other Weapons
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2005-10-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309096737

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Effects of Nuclear Earth-Penetrator and Other Weapons by National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Committee on the Effects of Nuclear Earth-Penetrator and Other Weapons Pdf

Underground facilities are used extensively by many nations to conceal and protect strategic military functions and weapons' stockpiles. Because of their depth and hardened status, however, many of these strategic hard and deeply buried targets could only be put at risk by conventional or nuclear earth penetrating weapons (EPW). Recently, an engineering feasibility study, the robust nuclear earth penetrator program, was started by DOE and DOD to determine if a more effective EPW could be designed using major components of existing nuclear weapons. This activity has created some controversy about, among other things, the level of collateral damage that would ensue if such a weapon were used. To help clarify this issue, the Congress, in P.L. 107-314, directed the Secretary of Defense to request from the NRC a study of the anticipated health and environmental effects of nuclear earth-penetrators and other weapons and the effect of both conventional and nuclear weapons against the storage of biological and chemical weapons. This report provides the results of those analyses. Based on detailed numerical calculations, the report presents a series of findings comparing the effectiveness and expected collateral damage of nuclear EPW and surface nuclear weapons under a variety of conditions.

Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Medical Preparedness for a Terrorist Nuclear Event
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309143967

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Assessing Medical Preparedness to Respond to a Terrorist Nuclear Event by Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Medical Preparedness for a Terrorist Nuclear Event Pdf

A nuclear attack on a large U.S. city by terrorists-even with a low-yield improvised nuclear device (IND) of 10 kilotons or less-would cause a large number of deaths and severe injuries. The large number of injured from the detonation and radioactive fallout that would follow would be overwhelming for local emergency response and health care systems to rescue and treat, even assuming that these systems and their personnel were not themselves incapacitated by the event. The United States has been struggling for some time to address and plan for the threat of nuclear terrorism and other weapons of mass destruction that terrorists might obtain and use. The Department of Homeland Security recently contracted with the Institute of Medicine to hold a workshop, summarized in this volume, to assess medical preparedness for a nuclear detonation of up to 10 kilotons. This book provides a candid and sobering look at our current state of preparedness for an IND, and identifies several key areas in which we might begin to focus our national efforts in a way that will improve the overall level of preparedness.

Author : Anthony B. Mickelson,The Borden Institute, U.S. Army Medical Department (U.S.)
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780160917585

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Medical Consequences of Radiological and Nuclear Weapons by Anthony B. Mickelson,The Borden Institute, U.S. Army Medical Department (U.S.) Pdf

PRINT FORMAT ONLY NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT-- OVERSTOCK SALE -- Significantly reduced list price 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.

Author : International Committee of Experts in Medical Sciences and Public Health
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Atomic bomb victims
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040470416

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Effects of Nuclear War on Health and Health Services by International Committee of Experts in Medical Sciences and Public Health Pdf

Author : John Loretz,Marion Birch,Leo van Bergen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000059397

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Preventing Nuclear War by John Loretz,Marion Birch,Leo van Bergen Pdf

Preventing Nuclear War: The Medical and Humanitarian Case for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons provides a window into the work of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) health professionals, advocates and activists as they persuaded diplomats, parliamentarians, the media, and the public to ban nuclear weapons. Why are doctors speaking out about nuclear weapons and nuclear war, an issue that seems to be the exclusive province of diplomats, politicians, and security experts? This volume offers an answer in the unique perspective of health professionals on the nature of nuclear weapons, their medical and humanitarian consequences, and the responsibility to prevent what cannot be treated. On 7 July 2017, the UN successfully concluded negotiations on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The "ban treaty," emerged from a "humanitarian initiative" that shifted the focus away from deterrence-based rationales used by the nuclear-armed states and toward an evidence-based understanding of the existential threat nuclear weapons pose to humanity. Since 1980, IPPNW has been the leading medical organization primarily dedicated to the abolition of nuclear weapons. With its civil society partners in ICAN—the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons—IPPNW brought the scientific evidence about nuclear weapons and nuclear war into the treaty negotiations and into the language of the TPNW itself. The contributors to this volume show the dedication and diverse strategies that have together made up a unified and very significant contribution to ridding the world of nuclear weapons. Reflecting honestly on what has been learnt and have the potential to contribute to wider learning outside the anti-nuclear community, Preventing Nuclear War: The Medical and Humanitarian Case for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons will be of great use to medical and health professionals, humanitarian professionals, and anyone wanting to work towards a more peaceful and equitable world. The chapters originally published as a special issue of Medicine, Conflict and Survival.