TY  - BOOK
TI  - Chemical and Biological Terrorism: Research and Development to Improve Civilian Medical Response
SN  - 9780309523141
AV  - RA648 .C525 1999 
U1  - 358/.3 
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - National Academies Press
KW  - Chemical warfare-Health aspects
KW  - Biological warfare-Health aspects
KW  - Civil defense-United States
KW  - Terrorism-Government policy-United States
KW  - Disaster medicine-United States
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Front Matter -- Independent Report Reviewers -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Pre-Incident Communication and Intelligence: Linking the Intelligence and Medical Communities -- 3 Personal Protective Equipment -- 4 Detection and Measurement of Chemical Agents -- 5 Recognizing Covert Exposure in a Population -- 6 Detection and Measurement of Biological Agents -- 7 Patient Decontamination and Mass Triage -- 8 Availability, Safety, and Efficacy of Drugs and Other Therapies -- 9 Prevention, Assessment, and Treatment of Psychological Effects -- 10 Computer-Related Tools for Training and Operations -- 11 Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- APPENDIX A Committee and Staff Biographies -- APPENDIX B Inventory of Chemical and Biological Defense Technology, with Gap and Overlap Analysis -- APPENDIX C Lethal and Incapacitating Chemical Weapons -- APPENDIX D Centers for Disease Control and Prevention List of Restricted Agents -- Index
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