Biological warfare agents

Defence Science Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 495-506

  Kamboj, Dev Vrat ^a   Goel, Ajay Kumar ^a   Singh, Lokendra ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial agents; Biodefence; Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention; Biological warfare; Biological warfare agents; BTWC; Viral agents, toxins; Weapons of mass destruction

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FREQUENCIES; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TOXICITY;

BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIODEFENCE; BIOLOGICAL AND TOXIN WEAPONS CONVENTION (BTWC); BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS; VIRAL AGENTS; WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION;

CHEMICAL WARFARE;

EID: 33751066970     PISSN: 0011748X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14429/dsj.56.1915     Document Type: Review

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