Threat of a biological terrorist attack on the US food supply: The CDC perspective

Lancet

Volumn 359, Issue 9309, 2002, Pages 874-880

  Sobel, Jeremy ^a   Khan, Ali S ^b   Swerdlow, David L ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CATERING SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037045838     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)07947-3     Document Type: Article

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