National security & 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.

• Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xiii, 108 p. :; ill.
• Notes: Also available electronically.

Table of Contents

• 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).