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The Medical Implications of Nuclear War (1986)
Institute of Medicine (IOM)

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Front Matter (R1-R20)
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)