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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811885903321

Titolo

Giving full measure to countermeasures : addressing problems in the DOD program to develop medical countermeasures against biological warfare agents / / Committee on Accelerating the Research, Development, and Acquisition of Medical Countermeasures against Biological Warfare Agents, Medical Follow-up Agency and Board on Life Sciences ; Lois M. Joellenbeck, Jane S. Durch, and Leslie Z. Benet, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2004

ISBN

0-309-16651-9

1-280-17636-9

9786610176366

0-309-53033-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JoellenbeckLois M <1963-> (Lois Mary)

DurchJane

BenetLeslie Z

Disciplina

358/.38

Soggetti

Biological warfare - Health aspects - United States

Biological warfare - United States - Safety measures

Biological weapons - Health aspects - United States

Biological weapons - United States - Safety measures

Medicine, Preventive - United States

Antitoxins - United States

Vaccines - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Preface -- Contents -- Figures, Tables, and Boxes -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Executive Summary -- 1 Ending Half-Measures for Countermeasures: The Challenge and Major Recommendations -- 2 Organizing Research and Development for Medical Countermeasures to Accomplish Essential Functions -- 3 Challenges in the Research and Development of Medical



Countermeasures Against Biological Warfare Agents -- APPENDIXES -- APPENDIX A Background: The Current DoD Medical Biowarfare Countermeasures Program -- APPENDIX B Agendas for Information-Gathering Meetings -- APPENDIX C Acknowledgments -- APPENDIX D Biographical Sketches.