Scientists and the history of biological weapons: A brief historical overview of the development of biological weapons in the twentieth century

EMBO Reports

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Guillemin, Jeanne ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN;

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ANTHRAX; ATOMIC WARFARE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE DISEASE; HORSE DISEASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PLANT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCIENTIST; SMALLPOX; TERRORISM; TULAREMIA; VIRULENCE; WAR;

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOTERRORISM; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 33745603734     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400689     Document Type: Review

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