TY - JOUR
T1 - Preparedness and response to chemical and biological threats
T2 - the role of exposure science
AU - Lioy, Paul J.
AU - Laskin, Jeffrey D.
AU - Georgopoulos, Panos G.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)–sponsored Center for Environmental Exposures and Disease (NIEHS P30 ES005022) and by the NIH-funded CounterACT Program (NIAMS U54 AR055073 and NINDS UO1 NS079249). The urban dispersion results were obtained as part of the Environmental Protection Agency–funded Center for Exposure and Risk Modeling Cooperative Agreement #CR827033.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 New York Academy of Sciences.
PY - 2016/8/1
Y1 - 2016/8/1
N2 - There are multiple components to emergency preparedness and the response to chemical and biological threat agents. The 5Rs framework (rescue, reentry, recovery, restoration, and rehabitation) outlines opportunities to apply exposure science in emergency events. Exposure science provides guidance and refined tools for characterizing, assessing, and reducing risks from catastrophic events, such as the release of hazardous airborne chemicals or biological agents. Important challenges to be met include deployment of assets, including medications, before and after an emergency response situation. Assessment of past studies demonstrates the value of integrating exposure science methods into risk analysis and the management of catastrophic events.
AB - There are multiple components to emergency preparedness and the response to chemical and biological threat agents. The 5Rs framework (rescue, reentry, recovery, restoration, and rehabitation) outlines opportunities to apply exposure science in emergency events. Exposure science provides guidance and refined tools for characterizing, assessing, and reducing risks from catastrophic events, such as the release of hazardous airborne chemicals or biological agents. Important challenges to be met include deployment of assets, including medications, before and after an emergency response situation. Assessment of past studies demonstrates the value of integrating exposure science methods into risk analysis and the management of catastrophic events.
KW - airborne chemical and biological agents
KW - anthrax
KW - emergency preparedness
KW - exposure modeling
KW - hazardous releases
KW - population exposures
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U2 - 10.1111/nyas.13173
DO - 10.1111/nyas.13173
M3 - Article
C2 - 27479653
AN - SCOPUS:84979978305
SN - 0077-8923
VL - 1378
SP - 108
EP - 117
JO - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
JF - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
IS - 1
ER -