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Section I: introduction, historical perspective, and epidemiology. Introduction

Historical perspective of chemical warfare agents

Global impact of chemical warfare agents used before and after 1945

The Tokyo subway sarin attack: acute and delayed health effects in survivors

Early and delayed effects of sulfur mustard in Iranian veterans after the Iraq-Iran conflict

Epidemiology of chemical warfare agents

Chemical weapons of mass destruction and terrorism: a threat analysis

Section II: Agents that can be used as weapons of mass destruction. Mustards and vesicants

Organophosphate nerve agents

Russian VX

Riot control agents

Psychotomimetic agent bz (3-quinuclidinyl benzilate)

Neurological effects and mechanisms of blast overpressure injury

Thallium

Arsenicals: toxicity, their use as chemical warfare agents, and possible remedial measures

Fluoroacetate

Strychnine

Superwarfarins

PCBs, dioxins and furans: human exposure and health effects

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: implications for developmental, molecular, and behavioral neurotoxicity

Carbon monoxide: from public health risk to painless killer

Methyl isocyanate: the Bhopal gas

Cyanide toxicity and its treatment

Chlorine

Phosgene

Other toxic chemicals as potential chemical warfare agents

Ricin

Botulinum toxin

Anthrax

Onchidal and fasciculins

Cyanobacterial (blue-green algae) toxins

Radiation and health effects

Depleted uranium

Section III: Target organ toxicity. Chemical warfare agents and the nervous system

Behavioral toxicity of nerve agents

The respiratory toxicity of chemical warfare agents

Cardiovascular system as a target of chemical warfare agents

Ocular toxicity of chemical warfare agents

Dermal toxicity of sulfur mustard

Skeletal muscle

Reproductive toxicity and endocrine disruption of potential chemical warfare agents

Liver toxicity of chemical warfare agents

Renal system

The immune system as a target for chemical warfare agents

Alternative animal toxicity testing of chemical warfare agents

Section IV: Special topics. Genomics and proteomics in brain complexity in relation to chemically induced ptsd

Clinical and cellular aspects of traumatic brain injury

Excitotoxicity, oxidative stress, and neuronal injury

Blood-brain barrier damage and dysfunction by chemical toxicity

Neuropathologic effects of chemical warfare agents

The effects of organophosphates in the early stages of human muscle regeneration

Cholinesterase inhibitors: from molecular mechanisms of action to current and future prospects

Section V: Risks to animals and wildlife. Potential agents that can cause contamination of animal feedstuffs and terror

Chemical warfare agents and risks to animal health

Threats to wildlife by chemical and warfare agents

Section VI: Toxicokinetics, toxicodynamics and physiologically-based pharmacokinetics. Toxicokinetic aspects of nerve agents and vesicants

Toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics of DFP

Physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling of chemical warfare agents

Biotransformation of warfare nerve agents. Section VII: Analytical methods, biosensors and biomarkers. On-site detection of chemical warfare agents

Laboratory analysis of chemical warfare agents, adducts, and metabolites in biomedical samples

Biosensors for the detection of op nerve agents

Neuropathy target esterase as a biomarker and biosensor of delayed neuropathic agents

Biomarkers of exposure to organophosphorus poisons: a new motif for covalent binding to tyrosine in proteins that have no active site serine

Monitoring of blood cholinesterase activity in workers exposed to nerve agents

Section VIII: Prophylactic, therapeutic and countermeasures. Pharmacological prophylaxis against nerve agent poisoning: experimental studies and practical implications

Prophylactic and therapeutic measures in nerve agents poisoning

Medical management of chemical toxicity in pediatrics

Physiologically based pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic modeling of countermeasures to nerve agents

Strategies to enhance medical countermeasures after the use of chemical warfare agents on civilians

Pyridinium oximes in the treatment of poisoning with organophosphorus compounds

Novel cholinesterase reactivators

Paraoxonase (PON1) and detoxication of nerve agents

The role of carboxylesterases in therapeutic intervention of nerve gases poisoning

Catalytic bioscavengers: the new generation of bioscavenger-based medical countermeasures

Section IX: Decontamination and detoxification. Rapid decontamination of chemical warfare agents from the skin