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Timothy C Marrs, Robert L Maynard, Frederick R Sidell, Chemical warfare agents: toxicology and treatment, Chichester and New York, John Wiley, 1996, pp. vii, 243, L40.00 (0-471-95994-4).
The large-scale use of chemical warfare agents first occurred during World War I (the "chemists' war"), and was thereafter repeated at irregular intervals, most recently during the Iran-Iraq conflict of the 1980s. There was consequently a possibility that chemical weapons might be used in the Gulf war. The threat posed by terrorist groups became evident in 1994-95, when Japanese civilians were twice exposed to the nerve agent sarin. Thus, there is clearly a need for effective medical management of injuries caused by chemical agents.
The authors of this book, all experienced toxicologists, present a highly competent and readable synthesis of the scientific and medical literature on the toxicology of the major groups of chemical...