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OverviewTo guide mission planning, military decision makers need information on the health risks of potential exposures to individual soldiers and their potential impact on mission operations. To help with the assessment of chemical hazards, the U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine developed three technical guides for characterizing chemicals in terms of their risks to the mission and to the health of the force. The report reviews these guides for their scientific validity and conformance with current risk-assessment practices. The report finds that the military exposure guidelines are appropriate (with some modification) for providing force health protection, but that for assessing mission risk, a new set of exposure guidelines is needed that predict concentrations at which health effects would degrade the performance of enough soldiers to hinder mission accomplishment. Table of Contents Front Matter Summary 1 Introduction 2 Review of the Army's Technical Guidance 3 Review of Key Concepts, Assumptions, and Decisions Made in Developing TG-248, TG-230, and RD-230 4 A New Set of Exposure Guidelines: Chemical Casualty Estimating Guidelines 5 Process for Establishing and Applying Military Exposure Guidelines Appendix A Errata, Inconsistencies, and Comments on Specific Aspects of TG-248, TG-230, and RD-230 Appendix B Review of Acceptable Cancer Risk Levels Appendix C Example Use of Probits for Developing Chemical Casualty Estimating Guidelines Appendix D Critical Studies and Uncertainty Factors Used in Developing Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Chemical Warfare Agents Appendix E Probabilistic Approach to Address Exposure to Multiple Chemicals for Course-of-Action Analysis Appendix F Biographical Information on the Subcommittee on Toxicological Risks to Deployed Military Personnel Appendix G Definitions Full Product DetailsAuthor: National Research Council , Division on Earth and Life Studies , Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology , Committee on ToxicologyPublisher: National Academies Press Imprint: National Academies Press ISBN: 9780309092210ISBN 10: 0309092213 Pages: 215 Publication Date: 03 September 2004 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationSubcommittee on the Toxicological Risks to Deployed Military Personnel, Committee on Toxicology, National Research Council Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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