Strategies to protect the health of deployed U.S. forces : force protection and decontamination

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (262 p.)
• Disciplina: 358/.3
• Soggetto topico: Chemical weapons - Safety measures; Biological weapons - Safety measures; Military planning - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Armed Forces Medical care; United States Armed Forces Sanitary affairs
• Altri autori: WartellMichael A
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Tables, Figures, and Box""; ""Abbreviations and Acronyms""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Threat and Risk Assessment""; ""3 Philosophy, Doctrine, and Training for Chemical and Biological Warfare""; ""4 Physical Protection""; ""5 Decontamination""; ""6 Testing and Evaluation""; ""7 Assessment of Military Capabilities to Provide Emergency Response""; ""8 Summary and General Recommendations""; ""References"" ; ""Appendix A Funding Levels for Fiscal Years 1996-2000 for the Joint Service Chemical/Biological Defense Program"" ""Appendix B Textiles and Garments for Chemical and Biological Protection""; ""Appendix C Evaluations of Barrier Creams""; ""Appendix D Evaluating Skin Decontamination Techniques""; ""Appendix E Percutaneous Absorption""; ""Appendix F Contributors to This Study""; ""Appendix G Biographical Sketches of Principal Investigators and Members of the Advisory Panel""
• Titolo autorizzato: Strategies to protect the health of deployed U.S. forces
• ISBN: 0-309-17250-0; 0-309-66390-3; 0-309-51608-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778743503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Compass series (Washington, D.C.)