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BL
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986202
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b740572
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| Title & Author
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Bioterrorism and infectious agents : : a new dilemma for the 21st century /\ edited by I.W. Fong and Kenneth Alibek.
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY :: Springer,, ©2005.
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| Series Statement
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Emerging infectious diseases of the 21st century
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xvi, 273 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0387236848
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: 0387236856
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: 6610608121
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: 9780387236841
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: 9780387236858
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: 9786610608126
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9780387236848
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Anthrax : a disease and a weapon / Kenneth Alibek, Catherine Lobanova and Serguei Popov -- Plague as a biological weapon / David T. Dennis -- Tularemia and bioterrorism / Lisa Hodges and Robert L. Penn -- Melioidosis and Glanders as possible biological weapons / David Allan Brett Dance -- Smallpox as a weapon for bioterrorism / J. Michael Lane -- Hemorrhagic Fever viruses as biological weapons / Allison Groseth [and others] -- Butulism as a potential agent of bioterrorism / Thomas P. Bleck -- Ricin : a possible, noninfectious biological weapon / Maor Maman and Yoav Yehezkelli -- Bioterrorism alert for health care workers / Theodore J. Cieslak, George W. Christopher and Edward M. Eitzen -- The economics of planning and preparing for bioterrorism / Martin I. Meltzer.
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| Abstract
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"Compiled by some of the leading experts in the field, Bioterrorism and Infectious Agents provides the specialist and trainee in microbiology, infectious disease, infection control, and epidemiology with a concise, timely, and authoritative review of some of the most problematic infections of the new century. This volume will foster a better understanding of the issues and new ideas for preventing and controlling infectious diseases."--Jacket.
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Biological weapons.
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Bioterrorism.
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Armes biologiques.
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Bioterrorisme.
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Biological weapons.
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Bioterrorism.
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HEALTH FITNESS-- Diseases-- Contagious.
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MEDICAL-- Infectious Diseases.
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Biological weapons.
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Biologische wapens.
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Bioterrorism-- prevention and control.
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Bioterrorism.
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Bioterrorisme.
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Infectieziekten.
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Bioterrorism-- prevention control.
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Biologische wapens.
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Bioterrorisme.
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Infectieziekten.
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| Dewey Classification
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616.9/56
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| LC Classification
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RC88.9.T47B5645 2005
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2005 L-156
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WA 295B6153 2005
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44.11bcl
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E931clc
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| Added Entry
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Alibek, Ken.
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Fong, I. W., (Ignatius W.)
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