Chemical and Biological Terrorism : Research and Development to Improve Civilian Medical Response.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Staff, Institute of Medicine
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington : National Academies Press, 1999.
Series:	Online access: National Academy of Sciences National Academies Press. Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Subjects:	Chemical warfare > Health aspects. Biological warfare > Health aspects. Civil defense > United States. Terrorism > Government policy > United States. Disaster medicine > United States. Biological warfare > Health aspects Chemical warfare > Health aspects Civil defense Disaster medicine Terrorism > Government policy United States
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Table of Contents:

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 Effects10 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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