The Dark Morning: The Experiences and Lessons Learned from the Tokyo Subway Sarin Attack

Chemical Warfare Agents: Toxicology and Treatment, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 277-285

  Okumura, Tetsu ^a   Nomura, Tomohisa ^a   Suzuki, Toshishige ^a   Sugita, Manabu ^a   Takeuchi, Yasuo ^a   Naito, Toshio ^b   Okumura, Sumie ^c   Maekawa, Hiroshi ^c   Ishimatsu, Shinichi ^d   Takasu, Nobukatsu ^d   Miura, Kunihisa ^a   Suzuki, Kouichiro ^e  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SHIZUOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decontamination, drug, airway, breathing and circulation (DDABC); Long term damage; Matsumoto and Tokyo subway sarin attacks and NBC terrorism; Organophosphorus and sarin poisoning; Personal protective equipment (PPE)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949878599     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470060032.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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