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Abu-Qare AW, Abou-Donia MB. Abu-Qare AW, Abou-Donia MB. Sarin: health effects, metabolism, and methods of analysis. Food Chem Toxicol 2002 Oct;40(10):1327-33. [Abstract]
Audi J, Belson M, Patel M, et al. Ricin poisoning: a comprehensive review. JAMA 2005 Nov 9;294(18):2342-51 [Abstract]
Bijani KH, Moghadamnia AA. Long-term effects of chemical weapons on respiratory tract in Iraq-Iran war victims living in Babol (North of Iran). Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2002 Nov;53(3):422-4 [Abstract]
Blix H. Weapons of terror: freeing the world of nuclear, biological and chemical arms. WMDC (Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission) final report. Jun 1, 2006 [Full text]
Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology. Testing and evaluation of standoff chemical agent detectors. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2003 [Full text]
Bogucki S, Weir S. Pulmonary manifestations of intentionally released chemical and biological agents. Clin Chest Med 2002 Dec;23(4):777-94 [Abstract]
Bozeman WP, Dilbero D, Schauben JL. Bozeman WP, Dilbero D, Schauben JL. Biologic and chemical weapons of mass destruction. Emerg Med Clin North Am 2002 Nov;20(4):975-93 [Abstract]
Brennan RJ, Waeckerle JF, Sharp TW, et al. Chemical warfare agents: emergency medical and emergency public health issues. Ann Emerg Med 1999 Aug;34(2):191-204 [Full text]
CDC. Guidance for public health departments and clinicians caring for individuals who may have been recently exposed to polonium 210 (Po-210). Released Dec 5, 2006 [Full text]
CDC. Investigation of a ricin-containing envelope at a postal facility: South Carolina, 2003. MMWR 2003 Nov 21;52(46):1129-31 [Full text]
CDC. Shipping instructions for specimens collected from people who may have been exposed to chemical-terrorism agents. Released Jan 9, 2007 [Full text]
Devereaux A, Amundson DE, Parrish JS, Lazarus AA. Vesicants and nerve agents in chemical warfare. Decontamination and treatment strategies for a changed world. Postgrad Med 2002 Oct;112(4):90-6 [Full text]
DHS. Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards. Interim final rule released Apr 2, 2007 [Full text]
Dudley JP. New challenges for public health care: biological and chemical weapons awareness, surveillance, and response. Biol Res Nurs 2003 Apr;4(4):244-50 [Abstract]
FDA. FDA approves drug to treat cyanide poisoning. Dec 15, 2006, news release [Full text]
Fitzgerald DJ, Sztajnkrycer MD, Crocco TJ. Chemical weapon functional exercise - Cincinnati: observations and lessons learned from a "typical medium-sized" city's response to simulated terrorism utilizing weapons of mass destruction. Public Health Rep 2003 May-Jun;118(3):205-14 [Abstract]
Franz DR, Jaax ND. Ricin toxin. In: Zajtchuk R, Bellamy RF, eds. Textbook of military medicine: medical aspects of chemical and biological warfare. Chap 32. Washington, DC: Office of the Surgeon General, Borden INstitute, Walter Reed Army Medical Center [Full text]
HHS. HHS public health emergency medical countermeasures enterprise strategy for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats. Fed Regist 2007 Mar 20;72(53):13109-14 [Full text]
Hom GG. Chemical, biological, and radiological weapons: implications for optometry and public health. Optometry 2003 Feb;74(2):81-98 [Abstract]
Jortani SA, Snyder JW, Valdes R. The role of the clinical laboratory in managing chemical or biological terrorism. Clin Chem 2000;46:1883-93 [Full text]
Kassa J. Review of oximes in the antidotal treatment of poisoning by organophosphorus nerve agents. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol 2002;40(6):803-1 [Abstract]
Lazarus AA, Devereaux A. Potential agents of chemical warfare. Worst-case scenario protection and decontamination methods. Postgrad Med 2002 Nov;112(5):133-40 [Full text]
Leikin JB, Thomas RG, Walter FG, et al. A review of nerve agent exposure for the critical care physician. Crit Care Med. 2002 Oct;30(10):2346-54 [Abstract]
Martin CO, Adams HP Jr. Neurological aspects of biological and chemical terrorism: a review for neurologists. Arch Neurol 2003 Jan;60(1):21-5 [Abstract]
Mrvos R, Piposzar JD, Stein TM, et al. Regional pharmaceutical preparation for biological and chemical terrorism. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol 2003;41(1):17-21 [Abstract]
NAS/HHS. Biological attack: human pathogens, biotoxins, and agricultural threats. News & Terrorism: Communicating in a Crisis. 2005 [Fact sheet]
NAS/HHS. Chemical attack warfare agents, industrial chemicals and toxins. News & Terrorism: Communicating in a Crisis. 2004 [Fact sheet]
National Research Council, Committee on the Atmospheric Dispersion of Hazardous Material Releases. Tracking and predicting the atmospheric dispersion of hazardous releases: implications for homeland security. Washington, DC: National Academies, 2003 [Full text]
NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health). Guidance for protecting building environments from airborne chemical, biological, or radiological attacks. DHHS (NIOSH) Pub No. 2002-139, May 2002 [Full text]
NIOSH/DHS (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health/Department of Homeland Security). Guidance for filtration and air-cleaning systems to protect building environments from airborne chemical, biological, or radiological attacks. DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2003-136. Apr 2003 [Full text]
Niska RW, Burt CW. Training for terrorism-related conditions in hospitals: United States, 2003-04. Adv Data 2006 Dec 11;(380):1-9 [Full text]
Noort D, Benschop HP, Black RM. Biomonitoring of exposure to chemical warfare agents: a review. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2002 Oct 15;184(2):116-26 [Abstract]
Olson MA, Carra JH, Roxas-Duncan V, et al. Finding a new vaccine in the ricin protein fold. PEDS Protein Engineering Design and Selection 2004 (published online Jun 8) [Abstract]
Page WF. Long-term effects of exposure to sarin and other anticholinesterase chemical warfare agents. Mil Med 2003;168(3):239-45 [Abstract]
Pieters J, Ploegh H. Chemical warfare and mycobacterial defense. Science 2003 Dec 12:302(5652):1900-2
Porche DJ. Biological and chemical bioterrorism agents. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2002 Sep-Oct;13(5):57-64 [Abstract]
Rose MA, Larrimore KL. Knowledge and awareness concerning chemical and biological terrorism: continuing education implications. J Contin Educ Nurs. 2002 Nov-Dec;33(6):253-8 [Abstract]
Schier JG, Patel MM, Belson MG, et al. Public health investigation after the discovery of ricin in a South Carolina postal facility. Am J Public Health 2007 (published online Apr 5) [Abstract]
Shea DA, Gottron F. Small-scale terrorist attacks using chemical and biological agents: an assessment framework and preliminary comparisons. CRS Report for Congress. May 20, 2004 [Full text]
Siegel D, Younggren BN, Ness B, et al. Operation Castle Cascade: managing multiple casualties from a simulated chemical weapons attack. Mil Med 2003 May;168(5):351-4 [Abstract]
Smallshaw JE, Richardson JA, Pincus S, et al. Preclinical toxicity and efficacy testing of RiVax, a recombinant protein vaccine against ricin. Vaccine 2005 Sep 15;23(39):4775-84 [Abstract]
Trust for America's Health. Public health laboratories: unprepared and overwhelmed. June 2003 [Full text]
Tucker JB. War of nerves: chemical warfare from World War I to Al-Qaeda. Center for Nonproliferation Studies. 2006 [Summary and ordering information]
USACHPPM (US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine). The medical NBC battlebook. Tech Guide 244. May 2000 [Full text]
Vitetta ES, Smallshaw JE, Coleman E, et al. A pilot clinical trial of a recombinant ricin vaccine in normal humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci 2006 (published online Feb 3) [Abstract]
Volans GN, Karalliedde L. Long-term effects of chemical weapons. Lancet 2002 Dec;360(Suppl):s35-6
Wetter DC, Danielle WE, Treser CD. Hospital preparedness for victims of chemical or biological terrorism. Am J Public Health 2001 May;91(5):710-6 [Abstract]
White SM. Chemical and biological weapons. Implications for anaesthesia and intensive care. Br J Anaesth 2002 Aug;89(2):306-24 [Abstract]
WHO. Chemical agents. Annex 1 in Public health response to biological and chemical weapons: WHO guidance. Ed 2. 2004 [Full text]
Williams BL, Magsumbol MS. Emergency preparedness among people living near US Army chemical weapons sites after September 11, 2001. Am J Public Health 2007 Sep 1;97(9):1601-6 [Abstract]
Zajtchuk R, Bellamy RF, eds. Textbook of military medicine: medical aspects of chemical and biological warfare. Washington, DC: Office of the Surgeon General, Borden Institute, Walter Reed Army Medical Center [Full text]
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