Protecting those who serve : strategies to protect the health of deployed U.S. forces / / Committee on Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces, Institute of Medicine
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Protecting those who serve : strategies to protect the health of deployed U.S. forces / / Committee on Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces, Institute of Medicine
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| Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2000 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (x, 102 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 355.3/45/0973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Soldiers - Health and hygiene - United States |
| Soldiers - Protection - United States | |
| Soldiers - Health risk assessment - United States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Armed Forces Medical care |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-42). |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""Front Matter""; ""REVIEWERS""; ""Acronyms""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 The Problem""; ""2 The Strategy""; ""References""; ""APPENDIX A Study Scope and Statement of Task""; ""APPENDIX B Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces: Analytical Framework for Assessing Risks Executive Summary""; ""APPENDIX C Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces: Detecting, Characterizing, and Documenting Exposures Executive Summary""; ""APPENDIX D Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces: Force Protection and Decontamination; Executive Summary"" |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Since the Gulf War ended in 1991, various constituencies, including a significant number of veterans, speculate that unidentified risk factors led to chronic, medically unexplained illnesses, and these constituencies challenge the depth of the military's commitment to protect the health of deployed troops. Despite general concurrence in findings to support these claims, few changes have been made at the field level. The most important recommendations remain unimplemented, despite the compelling rationale for urgent action. Protecting Those Who Serve illuminates these recommendations and government-developed plans that remain inactive due to a lack of authority within the Department of Defense, while describing the dangers that may result from failure to protect our forces in the field. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Strategies to protect the health of deployed U.S. forces |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Protecting those who serve |
| ISBN: | 9780309183741 |
| 030918374X | |
| 9780309557764 | |
| 0309557763 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910961004303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Compass series (Washington, D.C.)