Simulation Modeling of Anthrax Spore Dispersion in a Bioterrorism Incident

Risk Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1135-1145

  Reshetin, Vladimir P ^a   Regens, James L ^b  

^a JOINT INSTITUTE FOR POWER AND NUCLEAR RESEARCH SOSNY   (Belarus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Bioterrorism; Computer simulation; Dispersion modeling

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BIOTERRORISM;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANTHRAX; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELING; SECURITY THREAT; TERRORISM;

ACCIDENT; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPOROGENESIS;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANTHRAX; BIOTERRORISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; RISK; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0346422416     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0272-4332.2003.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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