Giving full measure to countermeasures : addressing problems in the DoD program to develop medical countermeasures against biological warfare agents /

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"In recent years, substantial efforts have been initiated to develop new drugs, vaccines, and other medical interventions against biological agents that could be used in bioterrorist attacks against civilian populations. According to a new congressionally mandated report from the Institute of M...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: Committee on Accelerating the Research, Development, and Acquisition of Medical Countermeasures against Biological Warfare Agents
Other Authors: Joellenbeck, Lois M. (Lois Mary), 1963-, Durch, Jane, Benet, Leslie Z.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2004.
Series:Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
Subjects:
United States > Department of Defense
Biological warfare > Health aspects > United States.
Biological warfare > United States > Safety measures.
Biological weapons > Health aspects > United States.
Biological weapons > United States > Safety measures.
Medicine, Preventive > United States.
Antitoxins > United States.
Vaccines > United States.
Guerre biologique > États-Unis > Sécurité > Mesures.
Armes biologiques > Sécurité > Mesures > États-Unis.
Médecine préventive > États-Unis.
Antitoxines > États-Unis.
Vaccins > États-Unis.
HISTORY > Military > Biological & Chemical Warfare.
Antitoxins
Biological warfare > Health aspects
Biological warfare > Safety measures
Biological weapons > Safety measures
Medicine, Preventive
Vaccines
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • FrontMatter
  • Reviewers
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Figures, Tables, and Boxes
  • Abbreviations and Acronyms
  • Executive Summary
  • 1 Ending Half-Measures for Countermeasures: The Challenge and Major Recommendations
  • 2 Organizing Research and Development for Medical Countermeasures to Accomplish Essential Functions
  • 3 Challenges in the Research and Development of Medical Countermeasures Against Biological Warfare Agents
  • APPENDIXES
  • APPENDIX A Background: The Current DoD Medical Biowarfare Countermeasures Program
  • APPENDIX B Agendas for Information-Gathering MeetingsAPPENDIX C Acknowledgments
  • APPENDIX D Biographical Sketches

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