High-Threat Biological Agents : Characteristics, Effects, and Policy Implications.
Provides overview of high-threat biological agents such as anthrax, plague, smallpox, tularemia, and viral hemorrhagic fevers. Discusses protection against and detection of high-threat biological agents; use of biological agents as weapons of mass destruction versus weapons of terror; and current po...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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2003.
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Provides overview of high-threat biological agents such as anthrax, plague, smallpox, tularemia, and viral hemorrhagic fevers. Discusses protection against and detection of high-threat biological agents; use of biological agents as weapons of mass destruction versus weapons of terror; and current policy and activities related to high-threat biological agents, including export control, R&D, biological detectors, first responder equipment, and federal response teams. |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |