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	Public Health Response to Biological and Chemical Weapons - WHO Guidance (WHO; 2004; 357 pages) [ES] [RU]
		Foreword
		Acknowledgements
		Executive summary
		Abbreviations and acronyms
		Contributors
		1. INTRODUCTION
			1.1 Developments since the first edition
			1.2 Origin and purpose of the present report
			1.3 Some working definitions
			1.4 Structure
		2. ASSESSING THE THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH
			2.1 Background
			2.2 Technological developments
			2.3 Advancing science
			2.4 Preliminary threat assessment
		3. BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL AGENTS
			3.1 The representative group of agents
				3.1.1 Scope of the international treaties
				3.1.2 Historical experience
			3.2 Dissemination of biological and chemical agents
			3.3 Routes of exposure
				3.3.1 Respiratory system
				3.3.2 Skin
				3.3.3 Oronasal mucus and conjunctiva
				3.3.4 Digestive system
			3.4 Characteristics of biological agents
			3.5 Characteristics of chemical agents
			3.6 Consequences of using biological or chemical weapons
				3.6.1 Short-term consequences
				3.6.2 Long-term consequences
				3.6.3 Psychological warfare aspects
			3.7 Assessment and conclusions
		4. PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
			4.1 Background
			4.2 Preparedness
				4.2.1 Threat analysis
				4.2.2 Pre-emption of attack
				4.2.3 Preparing to respond
				4.2.4. Preparing public information and communication packages
				4.2.5 Validation of response capabilities
			4.3 Response
				4.3.1 Response before any overt release of a biological or chemical agent
				4.3.2 Distinguishing features of biological and chemical incidents
				4.3.3 Response to biological incidents
				4.3.4 Response to chemical incidents
			APPENDIX 4.1: PRINCIPLES OF RISK ANALYSIS
			APPENDIX 4.2: THE SARIN INCIDENTS IN JAPAN
			APPENDIX 4.3: THE DELIBERATE RELEASE OF ANTHRAX SPORES THROUGH THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SYSTEM
		5. LEGAL ASPECTS
			5.1 The 1925 Geneva Protocol
			5.2 The 1972 Biological Weapons Convention
				5.2.1 International obligations
				5.2.2 National implementation
			5.3 The 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention
				5.3.1 International obligations
				5.3.2 National implementation
			5.4 Conclusions
			APPENDIX 5.1: BWC IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION
			APPENDIX 5.2: CWC IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION
		6. INTERNATIONAL SOURCES OF ASSISTANCE
			6.1 United Nations
				6.1.1 Investigation of alleged use
				6.1.2 Humanitarian assistance
			6.2 Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
			6.3 Biological Weapons Convention
			6.4 World Health Organization
			6.5 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
			6.6 World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
			6.7 Nongovernmental organizations
			6.8 Contact information
		ANNEX 1: Chemical agents
		ANNEX 2: Toxins
		ANNEX 3: Biological agents
		ANNEX 4: Principles of protection
		ANNEX 5: Precautions against the sabotage of drinking-water, food, and other products
		ANNEX 6: Information resources
		ANNEX 7: Affiliation of who member states to the international treaties on biological and chemical weapons

Public Health Response to Biological and Chemical Weapons - WHO Guidance

World Health Organization

Second edition of

Health aspects of chemical and biological weapons: report of a WHO Group of Consultants,

Geneva, World Health Organization, 1970

World Health Organization
Geneva, 2004

WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

World Health Organization.

Public health response to biological and chemical weapons: WHO guidance - 2nd ed.

1. Chemical warfare agents 2. Biological warfare 3. Bioterrorism 4. Environmental monitoring 5. Environmental pollution 6. Disease outbreaks 7. Disaster planning 8. Risk assessment 9. Risk management 10. Guidelines I. Title.

ISBN 92 4 154615 8

(LC/NLM Classification: QV 663)

First edition, 1970
Second edition, 2004

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