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Front Matter i-xx
Understanding and Preventing Nuclear War: The Expanding Role of the Scientific Community 1-12
Part I: Nuclear War with Modern Weapons: Physical Effects and Environmental Consequences 13-14
1 Possible Fatalities from Superfires Following Nuclear Attacks in or near Urban Areas 15-72
2 A Review of the Physics of Large Urban Fires 73-95
3 Recent Assessments of the Environmental Consequences of Nuclear War 96-116
4 Nuclear Famine: The Indirect Effects of Nuclear War 117-135
5 Nuclear Winter: The State of the Science 136-140
6 Atmospheric Perturbations of Large-Scale Nuclear War 141-154
7 Possible Toxic Environments Following a Nuclear War 155-166
8 Radioactive Fallout 167-204
Part II: Health Consequences of Nuclear War 205-206
9 Casualties Due to the Blast, Heat, and Radioactive Fallout from Various Hypothetical Nuclear Attacks on the United States 207-232
10 Acute Radiation Mortality in a Nuclear War 233-250
11 Burn and Blast Casualties: Triage in Nuclear War 251-283
12 Food and Nutrition in the Aftermath of Nuclear War 284-289
13 Psychological Consequences of Disaster: Analogies for the Nuclear Case 290-316
14 The Immunological Impact of Nuclear Warfare 317-328
15 Expected Incidence of Cancer Following Nuclear War 329-336
16 Genetic Consequences of Nuclear War 337-346
Part III: Medical Resource Needs and Availability Following Nuclear War 347-348
17 Medical Supply and Demand in a Post-Nuclear-War World 349-380
18 The Consequences of Nuclear War: An Economic and Social Perspective 381-410
Part IV: Images and Risks of Nuclear War: Psychosocial Perspectives 411-412
19 Children's and Adolescents' Perceptions of the Threat of Nuclear War: Implications of Recent Studies 413-434
20 Scandinavian Youth View the Future: A Preliminary Report of a Large Questionnaire Survey 435-443
21 Adult Beliefs, Feelings, and Actions Regarding Nuclear War: Evidence from Surveys and Experiments 444-466
22 Hope and the Denial of Stress in the Nuclear Age 467-473
23 The Nuclear Arms Race and the Psychology of Power 474-484
24 Managerial Demands of Modern Weapons Systems 485-489
25 Sources of Human Instability in the Handling of Nuclear Weapons 490-528
26 The Impact of Crisis-Induced Stress on Decision Making 529-552
Part V: Long-Term Consequences of and Prospects for Recovery from Nuclear War: Two Views 553-554
27 View I 555-565
28 View II 566-580
Concluding Remarks 581-582
Summary and Perspective: With Some Observations on Informed Consent 583-588
Glossary 589-598
Biographies of Contributors 599-606
Index 607-620

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The Medical Implications of Nuclear War (1986)

Chapter: Part I: Nuclear War with Modern Weapons: Physical Effects and Environmental Consequences

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The Medical Implications of Nuclear War (1986)

Chapter: Part I: Nuclear War with Modern Weapons: Physical Effects and Environmental Consequences