The medical impact of a bioterrorist attack: Is it all media hype or clearly a potential nightmare?

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-130

  Osterholm, Michael T ^a  

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK;

EID: 0032806619     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.1999.08.646     Document Type: Conference Paper

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