Strategies to protect the health of deployed U.S. forces : detecting, characterizing, and documenting exposures / / editors, Thomas E. McKone [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910826838403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 2000
• ISBN: 0-309-51548-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxviii, 242 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Compass series
• Altri autori (Persone): McKoneThomas E (Thomas Edward)
• Disciplina: 355.3/45/0973
• Soggetti: Soldiers - Health and hygiene - United States; Soldiers - Protection - United States; Soldiers - Health risk assessment - United States - Methodology; Environmental health; Biological warfare - Safety measures; Chemical warfare - Safety measures; United States Armed Forces Medical care; United States Armed Forces Foreign countries
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces: Technology and Methods for Detection and Tracking of Exposures to a Subset of Harmful Agents, Division of Military Science and Technology, Commission on Engineering and Tecnical Systems, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.; "This is a report of a study supported by Contract DASW01-97-C-0078 between the Department of Defense and the National Academy of Sciences"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Box, Tables, and Figures""; ""Abbreviations and Acronyms""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Characterizing Exposures""; ""3 Thresholds of Health Effects for Chemical and Biological Agents""; ""4 Environmental and Exposure Pathways""; ""5 Detecting and Monitoring Harmful Agents""; ""6 Tracking the Locations and Time-Activity Budgets of Deployed Military Personnel""; ""7 Strategy Considerations""; ; ""References""; ""Appendix A Defining the Decision Framework and the Value of Exposure Information in Military Deployments"" ""Appendix B Harmful Properties of Chemical Agents""; ""Appendix C Harmful Properties of Biological Agents""; ""Appendix D Detecting and Monitoring Chemical Agents""; ""Appendix E Detecting and Monitoring Biological Agents""; ""Appendix F Contributors to This Study""; ""Appendix G Biographical Sketches of Principal Investigator and Members of the Advisory Panel""; ""Appendix H Meetings and Activities""