National Symposium on Medical and Public Health Response to Bioterrorism
- ISBN-10
- 0788185314
- ISBN-13
- 9780788185311
- Pages
- 76
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999-10-01
- Publisher
- DIANE Publishing
- Author
- Joseph E. McDade
Description
Papers include: bioterrorism: how prepared are we?; the emerging threat of bioterrorism; Congressional efforts to address bioterrorism; finding the right balance against bioterrorism: historical trends related to bioterrorism; the threat of biological attack; nuclear blindness: an overview of the biological weapons programs of the Former Soviet Union & Iraq; Aum Shinriukyo: once & future threat?; the prospect of domestic bioterrorism; potential biological weapons threats; epidemiology of bioterrorism; vaccines in civilian defense against bioterrorism; & vaccines, pharmaceutical products, & bioterrorism: challenges for the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
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