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Advanced Bioactive Compounds Countering the Effects of Radiological, Chemical and Biological Agents - Strategies to Counter Biological Damage (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
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Advanced Bioactive Compounds Countering the Effects of Radiological, Chemical and Biological Agents - Strategies to Counter Biological Damage (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
Series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology
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The probability for exposure to damaging radiation, toxic chemicals
in the environment and adverse biological agents has increased
exponentially today. The more frequent and faster travel that we
experience today also escalates the risk of contraction and
transmission of potentially deadly infections. This has created a
very real and escalating risk for injuries and deaths. This is
accentuated in the military and medical staff that is more
frequently exposed to radiological, chemical, and biological agents
in their normal working environment. Understanding the mechanisms
whereby these toxic agents inflict damage to our bodies is
essential to prepare us for these challenges. Much of the damage is
inflicted through the generation of free radicals and non-radical
oxidants which then act through oxidative mechanisms to injury the
body. This volume will discuss the damage caused by these
radiological, chemical, and biological environmental stressors, the
mechanisms through which the damage can occur and the novel
strategies that can be used to reduce the injury inflicted by these
toxic compounds. Using basic and clinical research approaches, the
contents of this book discuss new ideas for the development of
bioactive products and environmental approaches to lessen or negate
the biological damage inflicted by these noxious compounds.
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