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National security & homeland defense [electronic resource] : 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.

By: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, 2002Description: xiii, 108 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Other title: National security and homeland defense | Challenges for the chemical sciences in the 21st century.Subject(s): National security -- United States | Civil defense -- United States | Terrorism -- Prevention -- United States | Public health -- United States | Emergency management -- United States | Chemical industry -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 363.34/97 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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).

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Includes bibliographic references.

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).

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.