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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455834703321

Titolo

Chemical and biological terrorism [[electronic resource] ] : research and development to improve civilian medical response / / Committee on R&D Needs for Improving Civilian Medical Response to Chemical and Biological Terrorism Incidents, Health Sciences Policy Program, Institute of Medicine and Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999

ISBN

1-282-08182-9

9786612081828

0-309-52314-1

0-585-04715-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Disciplina

358/.3

Soggetti

Chemical warfare - Health aspects

Biological warfare - Health aspects

Civil defense - United States

Terrorism - Government policy - United States

Disaster medicine - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-211) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Independent Report Reviewers""; ""Preface""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Pre-Incident Communication and Intelligence: Linking the Intelligence and Medical Communities""; ""3 Personal Protective Equipment""; ""4 Detection and Measurement of Chemical Agents""; ""5 Recognizing Covert Exposure in a Population""; ""6 Detection and Measurement of Biological Agents""; ""7 Patient Decontamination and Mass Triage""; ""8 Availability, Safety, and Efficacy of Drugs and Other Therapies""

""9 Prevention, Assessment, and Treatment of Psychological Effects""""10 Computer-Related Tools for Training and Operations""; ""11



Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""References""; ""APPENDIX A Committee and Staff Biographies""; ""APPENDIX B Inventory of Chemical and Biological Defense Technology, with Gap and Overlap Analysis""; ""APPENDIX C Lethal and Incapacitating Chemical Weapons""; ""APPENDIX D Centers for Disease Control and Prevention List of Restricted Agents""; ""Index""