| Description |
xxiii, 213 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [188]-209) and index. |
| Contents |
1878: two stars are born -- The poisonous yellow cloud and the American response -- The hunt for a new king -- The American university experimental station -- Willoughby : the Chemical Warfare Service's ace in the hole -- The inter-war years -- Military biology and BAL -- World War II : the gas war that never happened -- Lewisite production, use, and sea dumping after World War II -- Lewisite stockpiles and terrestrial residues -- Human and environmental toxicology -- Lewisite, terrorism, and the future. |
| Subject |
Lewisite (Poison gas) -- History.
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Organoarsenic compounds -- Toxicology.
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| Added Author |
Sinish, Pandy R.
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| ISBN |
0253346126 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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