Title Sensor systems for biological agent attacks : protecting buildings and military bases / Committee on Materials and Manufacturing Processes for Advanced Sensors, Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 196 pages) : illustrations Contents Background and overview -- Scenarios, defensive concepts, and detection architectures -- Indoor and outdoor bioaerosol backgrounds and sampling strategies -- Bioaerosol samplings systems for near-real-time detection -- Point and standoff detection technologies -- Nucleic acid sequence-based identification for detect-to-warn applications -- Structure-based identification for detect-to-warn applications -- Chemistry-based identification for detect-to-warn applications -- Function-based detection -- Design considerations for detect-to-warn defensive architectures -- Summary of conclusions and a path forward Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject Bioterrorism -- United States -- Prevention Biological warfare -- United States -- Prevention Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention Civil defense -- United States. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades. Bioterrorism -- Prevention Civil defense Terrorism -- Prevention United States Form Electronic book Author National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Materials and Manufacturing Processes for Advanced Sensors. National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design. National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences. ISBN 9780309548328 0309548322

Other Titles Protecting buildings and military bases

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