Publishing House : 2005, ISBN: 9548329697 , 354 pages
Many countries and the inteational community made steady progress in the recent past in their attitude on how terrorist danger should be dealt with. The most important issues like vulnerability of the countries to terrorism, and how to minimize the damage and recover from terrorist attacks underwent improvement. Others, like the connection between counter-terrorism capabilities and investigations and the existing emergency management systems are under discussion. evertheless, mass traumatism and its sinister form - chemical terrorism, remain essential moments in National Strategies for Homeland Security. They are strategic points in the medical science due to the emergence of new types of pathology, which require development of adequate organizational, clinical and laboratory doctrines connected with the treatment of a large number of injured people. That includes also a new philosophy about scientific investigation. The Editors of the Scientific series Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Terrorism in collaboration with eminent scientists from different countries profess this new philosophy to help science combat terrorism throughout the world. They are applying the strategy of introducing different branches of knowledge in the aim of creating new methods and resources for antiterrorist action. The second issue of the series Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Terrorism is devoted to chemical terrorism and traumatism. The success of the first issue Biological Terrorism and Traumatism(2004) encouraged the editors to involve more contributors from different countries like Argentina, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Iran, the Netherlands, Russia, Serbia & Montenegro, Ukraine and the USA. This highly competent inteational team covers different scientific and applied aspects of the up-to-date topics of chemical terrorism and traumatism.
Many countries and the inteational community made steady progress in the recent past in their attitude on how terrorist danger should be dealt with. The most important issues like vulnerability of the countries to terrorism, and how to minimize the damage and recover from terrorist attacks underwent improvement. Others, like the connection between counter-terrorism capabilities and investigations and the existing emergency management systems are under discussion. evertheless, mass traumatism and its sinister form - chemical terrorism, remain essential moments in National Strategies for Homeland Security. They are strategic points in the medical science due to the emergence of new types of pathology, which require development of adequate organizational, clinical and laboratory doctrines connected with the treatment of a large number of injured people. That includes also a new philosophy about scientific investigation. The Editors of the Scientific series Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Terrorism in collaboration with eminent scientists from different countries profess this new philosophy to help science combat terrorism throughout the world. They are applying the strategy of introducing different branches of knowledge in the aim of creating new methods and resources for antiterrorist action. The second issue of the series Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Terrorism is devoted to chemical terrorism and traumatism. The success of the first issue Biological Terrorism and Traumatism(2004) encouraged the editors to involve more contributors from different countries like Argentina, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Iran, the Netherlands, Russia, Serbia & Montenegro, Ukraine and the USA. This highly competent inteational team covers different scientific and applied aspects of the up-to-date topics of chemical terrorism and traumatism.