High-speed advanced sensors for bioterror weapons

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 43-47

  Kline Jr , C Robert ^a,b  

^a HYTEC Incorporated   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BIOSENSOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORESCENCE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SAFETY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTERRORISM; DISASTER PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; QUALITY CONTROL; TRANSDUCERS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES;

EID: 0036751765     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2002.1044162     Document Type: Review

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