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Seuche und Mensch.
Duncker & Humblot 2012; US$ 95.66Hauptbeschreibung Der letzte Ausbruch einer als Pest bezeichneten Seuche in Nord-, Mittel- und Südeuropa liegt 300 Jahre zurück. Die internationale Tagung an der Universität Rostock, die im Oktober 2010 anlässlich dieses »Jubiläums« stattfand, thematisierte die in der Forschung bislang vernachlässigten Wechselwirkungen zwischen menschlicher Gesellschaft... more...
War and the Health of Nations
Stanford University Press 2010; US$ 46.00This book examines the various mechanisms through which violent conflict undermines the health and well-being of populations. more...
The War Machine and Global Health
AltaMira Press 2010; US$ 84.99This book of essays by medical anthropologists and other health social scientists examines the full measure of the disastrous global health effects of war in the contemporary world. It provides a political economic framework for assessing the war machine. more...
Prescription for Survival
Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2008; US$ 35.00Physician Bernard Lown tells the extraordinary story of how a group of Soviet and American doctors came together to stop nuclear proliferation and ended up winning the Nobel Peace Prize and influencing the course of history. It is a story that sheds new light on what really drove and still drives the nuclear arms race, the critical importance of citizen... more...
Chemical Warfare Agents
Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 227.00Research related to chemical warfare agents has expanded exponentially. This book provides the research in this area, including gene expression, plant produced protection, bioscavengers, and short and long term health effects (both psychological and neurological). It discusses emergency medical responses to terrorist attacks. more...
Strengthening National Public Health Preparedness and Response to Chemical, Biological and Radiological Agent Threats
IOS Press 2007; US$ 144.00Contains the proceedings of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Advanced Study Institute (ASI). The ASI, and this publication provides NATO and its allies with ways to enhance their national preparedness and response plans to CBR threats. more...
Chemical Warfare Agents
Wiley 2007; US$ 399.95Chemical Warfare Agents, Second Edition has been totally revised since the successful first edition and expanded to about three times the length, with many new chapters and much more in-depth consideration of all the topics. The chapters have been written by distinguished international experts in various aspects of chemical warfare agents and edited... more...
Compendium of Chemical Warfare Agents
Springer 2006; US$ 84.99Provides the necessary information that First Responders, Hospitals, HazMat Teams, Fire and Rescue Services, and other First Responders need to know when dealing with dangerous chemical agents. This book covers health effects, physical characteristics, hazards from reactivity, protection of personnel, and general first aid for each agent. more...
Bioterrorism Preparedness
Wiley 2006; US$ 195.00Meeting the acute need for a book determining the crucial elements of bioterrorism preparedness, this is a global perspective of the history and current concepts for bioterrorism, integrating the legal, medical, scientific and public health strategies. It furthermore discusses the role of WHO and international health regulations for bioterrorism preparedness.... more...
Emerging Biological Threat
IOS Press 2005; US$ 126.00Summarizes projects aiming to detect risks of biological toxins, superantigens and the modeling of their effects. This volume presents the potential risks, detection and prevention of chronic and zoonotic infections in addition to interaction of human pathogens affecting biological risks. It also includes experimental vaccines and therapeutics. more...









