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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826838703321

Titolo

Strategies to protect the health of deployed U.S. forces : assessing health risks to deployed U.S. forces : workshop proceedings / / Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 2000

ISBN

0-309-17253-5

0-309-51542-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 184 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Compass series

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 Congresses

United States Armed Forces Foreign countries Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers were presented at a workshop on Jan. 28-29, 1999 in Washington, D.C.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-182).

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Contents""; ""Background""; ""Collection and Use of Personal Exposure and Human Biological-Marker Information for Assessing Risks to Deployed U.S. Forces in Hostile Environments""; ""Characteristics of the Future Battlefield and Deployment""; ""The Nature of Risk Assessment and Its Application to Deployed U.S. Forces""; ""Future Health Assessment and Risk-Management Integration for Infectious Diseases and Biological Weapons for Deployed U.S. Forces""; ""Approaches for Using Toxicokinetic Information in Assessing Risk to Deployed U.S. Forces""

""Health Risks and Preventive Research Strategy for Deployed U.S. Forces from Toxicological Interactions Among Potentially Harmful Agents""""Appendix Biographical Information on Commissioned



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