Advances in Biological and Chemical Terrorism Countermeasures (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Kendall, Ronald J.; Smith, Philip N.; Austin, Galen P.; Presley, Steven M.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Biological and chemical weapons are a growing terrorist threat to the United States and other nations and countermeasures continue to evolve as a national and global priority issue. To keep up with this rapidly changing and vital field we must establish the current state-of-the-science on countermeasures to form a platform from which to offer persp

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781420076554
• Artikelnr.: 37894114

Autorenporträt

Ronald J. Kendall, Steven M. Presley, Galen P. Austin, Philip N. Smith

Inhaltsangabe

State of the Science: Background, History, and Current Threats. Threats and
Vulnerabilities Associated with Biological and Chemical Terrorism.
Predicting and Characterizing Threat Transport. Assessment Strategies for
Environmental Protection from Chemical and Biological Threats. Chemical
Threat Agent-Induced Latent (Delayed) Neurodegeneration. Sensing Biological
and Chemical Threat Agents.
Phage Display and Its Application for the Detection and Therapeutic
Intervention of Biological Threat Agents. Personnel Protective Fabric
Technologies for Chemical Countermeasures. Pathogenic and Toxic Effects of
Select Biological Threat Agents. Conclusions and Research Needs for the
Future. Glossary. Index.