Medical Aspects of Biological and Chemical Agents in Terrorism and Warfare
 WWW Resources

There are hundreds of WWW pages, books and journal papers relevant to the use of biological and chemical agents in terrorism and warfare. The aim of this page is to list a small selection of them, particularly those which focus on the medical aspects.

Links most relevant to the medical management of casualties:

Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Warfare
Textbook of Military Medicine
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Detailed and technical.

Handbook on the Medical Aspects of NBC Defensive Operations
Department of the Army, United States
Medical aspects of nuclear, biological and chemical warfare.

Medical Management of Biological Casualties Handbook
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases
Excellent summaries of biological agents and the management of casualties.

Medical Management of Chemical Casualties Handbook
Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
Excellent summaries of chemical agents and the management of casualties.

Medical NBC Online
Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Army
Well written site with a very good news section. Also includes the Medical Management Of Biological Casualties Handbook and the Textbook of Military Medicine: Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Warfare.

Other good links:

Chemical and Biological Weaponse Resource Page
Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies
Part of a very large and frequently updated site.

Center for Civilian Biodefence Strategies
Johns Hopkins University
Recently expanded.

USMRIID
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases
Includes numerous good links.

Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A large site, frequently updated.

Joint Bradford - SIPRI Chemical and Biological Warfare Project
Department of Peace Studies
The University of Bradford, U.K. and
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Solna, Sweden
This site concentrates on international agreements relating to chemical and biological warfare.

The International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism
Herzliya, Israel
Great terrorism-related site. This institute is led by Shabtai Shavit, former director of Mossad (the Israeli Intelligence Agency), graduate of the Kennedy School of Public Policy (Harvard) and a member of the Israeli special forces.

Chemical Agents: Descriptions and Management
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Descriptions of agents and management which are easy to follow. Most of it is based on 1992 information.

Biologic Terrorism - Responding to the Threat
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A commentary on preparedness issues.

The Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act of 1994 (Australia)
The Federal Government of Australia
Australia's legislative response.

Terrorists, WMD, and the U.S. Army Reserve
The U.S. Army War College Quarterly
The role of the U.S. Army Reserve in reacting to the use of weapons of mass destruction.


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