An assessment of the training,knowledge and understanding of terrorism countermeasures among British pharmacists

摘要

The practice of offensive chemical,biological,radiological and nuclear(CBRN)warfare is not a new phenomenon.With notable exceptions,such as the use of poison gas in the 1914-18 war,developments have been clandestine and sporadic.Between 1937 and 1945 the Imperial Japanese Army conducted extensive human experimentation in a remote region of occupied Manchuria.It is estimated that up to 200,000 Chinese citizens died as a result Of human field experiments with agents such as plague and tularaemia.