Strategies to protect the health of deployed U.S. forces : force protection and decontamination / Michael A. Wartell, Michael T. Kleinman, Beverly M. Huey, and Laura Duffy, editors ; Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces: Physical Protection and Decontamination, Division of Military Science and Technology, Commission on Engineering and Technical systems, National Research Council.
Material type: TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999.Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 238 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 0585210160
- 9780585210162
- 0309663903
- 9780309663908
- 0309516080
- 9780309516082
- Force protection and decontamination
- Physical protection and decontamination
- Chemical weapons -- Safety measures
- Biological weapons -- Safety measures
- Military planning -- United States
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Medical care
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Sanitary affairs
- Chemical Warfare Agents
- Chemical Warfare -- prevention & control
- Biological Warfare -- prevention & control
- Decontamination
- Military Personnel -- United States
- Risk Assessment
- HISTORY -- Military -- Biological & Chemical Warfare
- Armed Forces -- Medical care
- Armed Forces -- Sanitary affairs
- Biological weapons -- Safety measures
- Chemical weapons -- Safety measures
- Military planning
- United States
- Samfundsvidenskab Politologi
- 358/.3 21
- UG447 .S76 1999eb
- 2001 G-700
- UG 447
Introduction -- Threat and risk assessment -- Philosophy, doctrine, and training for chemical and biological warfare -- Physical protection -- Decontamination -- Testing and evaluation -- Assessment of military capabilities to provide emergency response -- Summary and general recommendations. -- References -- Appendix A : Funding leveles -- Appendix B : Textiles and garments for chemical and biological protection -- Appendix C : Evaluations of barrier creams -- Appendix D : Evaluating skin decontamination techniques.
Includes bibliographical references.
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English.
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