|
" Smallpox : "
David A. Koplow.
Document Type
|
:
|
BL
|
Record Number
|
:
|
1000214
|
Doc. No
|
:
|
b754584
|
Main Entry
|
:
|
Koplow, David A.,1951-
|
Title & Author
|
:
|
Smallpox : : the fight to eradicate a global scourge /\ David A. Koplow.
|
Publication Statement
|
:
|
Berkeley :: University of California Press,, ©2003.
|
Page. NO
|
:
|
ix, 265 pages ;; 24 cm
|
ISBN
|
:
|
0520237323
|
|
:
|
: 0520242203
|
|
:
|
: 9780520237322
|
|
:
|
: 9780520242203
|
Bibliographies/Indexes
|
:
|
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-258) and index.
|
Contents
|
:
|
The rise and fall of smallpox -- The biology of viruses -- Smallpox as a biological weapon -- Environmental law and policy -- The World Health Organization -- The morality of extinction -- The case for extermination -- The case against extermination.
|
Abstract
|
:
|
Looks at the history of the smallpox virus, providing an overview of the political, biological, environmental, medical, and legal issues surrounding the question of whether or not the virus should be exterminated.
|
Subject
|
:
|
Smallpox-- Cultures and culture media.
|
Subject
|
:
|
Smallpox-- Epidemiology.
|
Subject
|
:
|
Smallpox-- Prevention.
|
Subject
|
:
|
Smallpox.
|
Subject
|
:
|
Biologische Waffe
|
Subject
|
:
|
Elimination
|
Subject
|
:
|
Pockenviren
|
Subject
|
:
|
Smallpox-- Epidemiology.
|
Subject
|
:
|
Smallpox-- Prevention.
|
Subject
|
:
|
Smallpox.
|
Subject
|
:
|
Biologische Waffe.
|
Subject
|
:
|
Elimination.
|
Subject
|
:
|
Pockenviren.
|
Subject
|
:
|
Smallpox-- prevention control.
|
Subject
|
:
|
Biologische wapens.
|
Subject
|
:
|
Ethische aspecten.
|
Subject
|
:
|
Pokken.
|
Subject
|
:
|
Pokkenvirussen.
|
Subject
|
:
|
Wapenbeheersing.
|
Subject
|
:
|
WHO.
|
Subject
|
:
|
Health Policy.
|
Subject
|
:
|
International Cooperation.
|
Subject
|
:
|
Variola virus.
|
Subject
|
:
|
Russia.
|
Subject
|
:
|
United States.
|
Dewey Classification
|
:
|
616.9/12
|
LC Classification
|
:
|
RA644.S6K675 2003
|
NLM classification
|
:
|
WC 588K83s 2003
|
|
:
|
44.02bcl
|
|
:
|
44.11bcl
|
|
:
|
89.87bcl
|
| |