Bioterror and "bioart" - A plague o' both your houses

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 354, Issue 25, 2006, Pages

  Annas, George J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOMEDICINE; BIOSAFETY; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LAW; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIST;

ART; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTERRORISM; CONTRACTS; FAMOUS PERSONS; FRAUD; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; JURISPRUDENCE; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UNITED STATES; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 33745286293     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMlim060344     Document Type: Review

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