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Author McKone, Thomas E

Title Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces: Detecting, Characterizing, and Documenting Exposures (Compass series)
Published National Academies Press

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Description 1 online resource
Contents 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 DeploymentsAppendix 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
Subject 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.
Armed Forces
Armed Forces -- Medical care
Biological warfare -- Safety measures
Chemical warfare -- Safety measures
Environmental health
Soldiers -- Health and hygiene
Soldiers -- Protection
SUBJECT United States -- Armed Forces -- Medical care. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139845
United States -- Armed Forces -- Foreign countries. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139833
Subject United States
Form Electronic book
Author National Academy of Sciences (U. S
ISBN 9780309515481
0309515483
9780309068758
0309068754