National security & homeland defense
Subtitle: challenges for the chemical sciences in the 21st century
By: 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.
Publisher: The National Academies Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 108
Subjects: National security -- United States.; Civil defense -- United States; Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention.; Public health -- United States.; Emergency management -- United States.; Chemical industry -- United States.
Other titles: National security and homeland defense.; Challenges for the chemical sciences in the 21st century.
Notes: Includes bibliographic references.
Also available electronically.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction (basic science, systems and analysis, manufacturing); title: 2. Grand challenges (threat reduction, preparation, situational awareness, threat neutralization and remediation); title: 3. Specific challenges (threat reduction, preparation-medical countermeasures, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research, situational awareness, threat neutralization and remediation); title: 4. Research directions (threat reduction, preparation, situational awareness, threat neutralization and remediation).