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Strategies to protect the health of deployed U.S. forces : assessing health risks to deployed U.S. forces : workshop proceedings
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Details
- Creator
- Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 2000
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (ix, 184 pages) : illustrations
- ISBNs
- 0309172535, 9780309515429, 0309068762, 0585244340, 9780585244341, 9780309068765, 0309515424, 0309073855, 9780309172530, 9780309073851
- OCLC
- ocm44957117, ocn923259963
- Papers were presented at a workshop on Jan. 28-29, 1999 in Washington, D.C.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-182).
- ""Front Matter""; ""Contents""; ""Background""; ""Collection and Use of Personal Exposure and Human Biological-Marker Information for Assessing Risks to Deployed U.S. Forces in Hostile Environments""; ""Characteristics of the Future Battlefield and Deployment""; ""The Nature of Risk Assessment and Its Application to Deployed U.S. Forces""; ""Future Health Assessment and Risk-Management Integration for Infectious Diseases and Biological Weapons for Deployed U.S. Forces""; ""Approaches for Using Toxicokinetic Information in Assessing Risk to Deployed U.S. Forces""
- ""Health Risks and Preventive Research Strategy for Deployed U.S. Forces from Toxicological Interactions Among Potentially Harmful Agents""""Appendix Biographical Information on Commissioned Authors""
Subjects
- Soldiers -- Health and hygiene -- United States -- Congresses.
- Soldiers -- Protection -- United States -- Congresses.
- Soldiers -- Health risk assessment -- United States -- Methodology -- Congresses.
- Environmental health -- Congresses.
- Biological warfare -- Safety measures -- Congresses.
- Chemical warfare -- Safety measures -- Congresses.
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Medical care -- Congresses.
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Foreign countries -- Congresses.