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National security & homeland defense : challenges for the chemical sciences in the 21st century / Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National security--United States.
- National security.
- Civil defense--United States.
- Civil defense.
- Terrorism--United States--Prevention.
- Terrorism.
- Public health--United States.
- Public health.
- Emergency management--United States.
- Emergency management.
- Chemical industry--United States.
- Chemical industry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (122 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- National security and homeland defense
- Challenges for the chemical sciences in the 21st century
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is the first report of seven in the Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century series. The report is based on discussions and presentations at a workshop, and is intended to help scientists and funding agencies set short- and long-term research agendas. It focuses on the challenges for chemists and chemical engineers with respect to threat reduction, preparation, situational awareness, and threat neutralization and remediation
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction (basic science, systems and analysis, manufacturing)
- 2. Grand challenges (threat reduction, preparation, situational awareness, threat neutralization and remediation)
- 3. Specific challenges (threat reduction, preparation-medical countermeasures, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research, situational awareness, threat neutralization and remediation)
- 4. Research directions (threat reduction, preparation, situational awareness, threat neutralization and remediation).
- Notes:
- Also available electronically.
- Includes bibliographic references.
- ISBN:
- 0-309-16884-8
- 1-280-18332-2
- 9786610183326
- 0-309-50097-4
- OCLC:
- 833312479
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