High-containment blodefense research laboratories: Meeting report and center recommendations

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-85

  Gronvall, Gigi Kwik ^a   Fitzgerald, Joe ^a   Chamberlain, Allison ^a   Inglesby, Thomas V ^a   O'Toole, Tara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; LABORATORY; ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RESEARCH; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CONGRESSES; CONTAINMENT OF BIOHAZARDS; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; LABORATORIES; RESEARCH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248646296     PISSN: 15387135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bsp.2007.0902     Document Type: Conference Paper

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