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Ricin : Technical Background and Potential Role in Terrorism.

Describes characteristics and effects of toxin ricin, treatment for ricin exposure, and history of ricin usage. Discusses ricin use as a terrorist weapon and its current regulation.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2005.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:
Biological warfare.
Poisons.
Terrorism.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Describes characteristics and effects of toxin ricin, treatment for ricin exposure, and history of ricin usage. Discusses ricin use as a terrorist weapon and its current regulation.
Item Description:Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
CRS Report.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource.