Brief history and use of chemical warfare agents in warfare and terrorism / Chemistry of chemical warfare agents / Chemical warfare agent threat to drinking water / Health effects of low-level exposure to nerve agents / Toxicokinetics of nerve agents / Application of genomic, proteomic, and metabolomic technologies to the development of countermeasures against chemical warfare agents / Novel approaches to medical protection against chemical warfare nerve agents / Nerve agent bioscavengers : progress in development of a new mode of protection against organophosphorus exposure / Butyrylcholinesterase and its synthetic C-terminal peptide confer in vitro suppression of amyloid fibril formation / Novel medical countermeasure for organophosphorus intoxication : connection to Alzheimer's disease and dementia / Inhalation toxicology of nerve agents / Vesicants and oxidative stress

Health effects of exposure to vesicant agents / Cyanides : toxicology, clinical presentation, and medical management / Chemicals used for riot control and personal protection / Mechanism of action of botulinum neurotoxin and overview of medical countermeasures for intoxication / Ricin and related toxins : review and perspective / Screening smokes : applications, toxicology, clinical considerations, and medical management / Clinical detection of exposure to chemical warfare agents / Personal protective equipment : practical and theoretical considerations / Chemical warfare agent decontamination from skin / Chemical warfare, chemical terrorism, and traumatic stress responses : an assessment of psychological impact / Emergency response to a chemical warfare agent incident : domestic preparedness, first response, and public health considerations / Emergency medical response to a chemical terrorist attack