National security & homeland defense [[electronic resource] ] : challenges for the chemical sciences in the 21st century / / Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455866203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : The National Academies Press, 2002
• ISBN: 1-280-18332-2; 9786610183326; 0-309-50097-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (122 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.34/97
• Soggetti: National security - United States; Civil defense - United States; Terrorism - Prevention - United States; Public health - United States; Emergency management - United States; Chemical industry - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Also available electronically.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographic references.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction (basic science, systems and analysis, manufacturing) -- 2. Grand challenges (threat reduction, preparation, situational awareness, threat neutralization and remediation) -- 3. Specific challenges (threat reduction, preparation-medical countermeasures, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research, situational awareness, threat neutralization and remediation) -- 4. Research directions (threat reduction, preparation, situational awareness, threat neutralization and remediation).