Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1
Chapter 2 ACTION OF TOXIC AGENTS ON THE BODY 11
Chapter 3 ACTION OF THE BODY ON XENOBIOTICS 24
Section 1.ABSORPTION 25
Section 2.DISTRIBUTION 31
Section 3.BIOLOGICAL METABOLISM OF TOXICANTS 40
Section 4.EXCRETION 61
Chapter 4 MECHANISMS OF TOXICITY 65
Chapter 5 FACTORS INFLUENCING TOXICITY 83
Chapter 6 MUTAGENESIS,GENETIC AND CANCER RISK ASSESSMENT 100
Chapter 7 RISK ASSESSMENT 135
Chapter 8 CHEMICALS USED IN WAR 148
Chapter 9 NERVE AGENTS 157
Chapter 10 VESICANTS 176
Chapter 11 CYANOGEN AGENTS 187
Chapter 12 ASPHYXIANTS 204
Section 1.CHLORINE 204
Section 2.PHOSGENE AND DIPHOSGENE 208
Chapter 13 INCAPACITATING AGENTS 214
Chapter 14 MILITARY TOXIC SUBSTANCES 225
Section 1.SMOKES AND OTHER SUBSTANCE 225
Section 2.IRRITANTS 232
Afterword 245