SCOPE 40

IPCS JOINT SYMPOSIA 11

SGOMSEC 6

Edited by:

Philippe Bourdeau - Commission of the European Communities, Brussels, Belgium

Gareth Green - School of Hygiene and Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

Scientific Group on Methodologies for the Safety Evaluation of Chemicals (SGOMSEC)

Published on behalf of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)

of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), and the

Inernational Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) of the World Health Organization (WHO),

the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Interntional Labour Organization (ILO)

by:

JOHN WILEY & SONS

Chichester, New York, Brisbane, Toronto, Singapore

Copyright 1989: Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment

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Title Pages

Table of Contents

Forward and Preface

Scientific Organizers

Participants

PART A - JOINT REPORT

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. The Assessment and Control of Chemical Accidents

Chapter 3. Health Assessment and Medical Response

Chapter 4. Ecological Aspects

Chapter 5. Disaster Emergency Planning

Appendix. Information on Locations of International Poison Control Centres and Supplementary Resource Documents

PART B - CONTRIBUTED CHAPTERS

Chapter 6. Evaluation of Exposure and Hazard in Chemical Catastrophes - Vladimir Dolezal and Jiri Pokorny

Chapter 7. Industrial/Chemical Disasters: Medical Care, Public Health and Epidemiology in the Acute Phase - Henry Falk

Chapter 8. Biological Effects of Chemical Disasters: Human Victims - C. R. Krishna Murti

Chapter 9. Biological Effects in Humans, Initial Management and Role and Responsibility of Poison Centres in Chemical Accidents - Per Kulling

Chapter 10. Communications and Preparedness for Chemical Accidents - Adeline Levine

Chapter 11. Dispersal of Chemicals - James McQuaid

Chapter 12. Ecotoxicological Consideratons of Chemical Accidents - David B. Peakall

Chapter 13. Planning for the Emergency Medical Service Response to Chemical Disaster - Jiri Pokorny, Vladimir Dolezal and Eric K. Noji

Chapter 14. Chemical Accidents: Long-Term Health Issues - V. Silano and P. Comba

Chapter 15. Background Paper on Pathology - Collection, Processing and Storage of Pathological Material for Immediate Analysis and Later Study of Toxicological Effects and their Long-Term Implication - S. Sriramachari

Chapter 16. Factors Affecting the Occurrence and Initial Management of Chemical Accidents - S. Varadarajan

Chapter 17. The Nature of Chemical Hazards, their Accident Potential and Consequences - Jacques Vilain

Index