Combating bioterrorism with bioengineering

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 21-27

  Laxminarayan, Swamy ^a   Kun, Luis G ^b  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENGINEERING; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LAW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTERRORISM; CIVIL DEFENSE; DISASTER PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC OPINION; SECURITY MEASURES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036750788     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2002.1044155     Document Type: Editorial

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