Strategies to protect the health of deployed U.S. forces : analytical framework for assessing risks
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Lorenz Rhomberg; National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology.
- ناشر : Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2000
- شابک / ISBN : 9780585260716
Description
Contents Executive Summary 1 1 Introduction 11 Assessing Health Risks to Deployed Forces, 12 The Approach to the Task, 13 Organization of the Report, 18 2 Rationale and Objectives for Examining Risks to Deployed Forces 19 Deployment Environment, 19 Degree and Nature of the Threat, 20 Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents, 20 Changing Nature of Deployment and Warfare, 21 Changing Expectations and Establishing Trust, 22 Need for Openness, 24 Objectives for a Program of Assessing Risk to Deployed Forces, 24 Summary and Conclusions, 26 3 Existing Frameworks and Special Considerations 28 Existing Frameworks for Risk Assessment, 29 Special Considerations About Risk Assessment for Deployment, 37 Summary and Conclusions, 42 xiv CONTENTS 4 A Framework for Assessing Risk to Deployed Forces 44 Ongoing Strategic Baseline Preparation and Planning, 45 Specific Deployment Activities, 73 Post-Deployment Activities, 77 Summary and Conclusions, 79 5 Considerations and Recommendations for Implementing the Framework 82 Areas of Emphasis for Implementing the Framework, 82 Meeting the Stated Objectives for the Framework, 85 Recommendations, 88 References 94 Appendix A: Abstracts of Commissioned Papers 101 Appendix B: Biographical Information on Principal Investigator and Advisory Group 111
