National security & homeland defense  challenges for the chemical sciences in the 21st century  /  [electronic resource] : 
 National security and 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. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  The National Academies Press,  2002. 
 - xiii, 108 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Also available electronically. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographic references. 
<br/><br/>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). 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2009. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>National security--United States.<br/>Civil defense--United States.<br/>Terrorism--Prevention--United States.<br/>Public health--United States.<br/>Emergency management--United States.<br/>Chemical industry--United States.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>UA23  / .N2474 2002eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.34/97