Anthrax: The precautionary principle goes postal

Public Health Reports

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 513-520

  Ozonoff, David ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX VACCINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ANTHRAX; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DECISION MAKING; DRUG EFFICACY; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INHALATION; LD 50; LETHALITY; LUNG INFECTION; MONKEY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICY; POSTAL MAIL; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SAFETY; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WORKER;

EID: 0036879872     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3549(04)50196-6     Document Type: Editorial

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