Assessing the risk of airborne spread of foot-and-mouth disease: A case study

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Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 137-142

  Gloster, John ^a,b   Sellers, Robert ^c   Webster, Helen ^a   Valarcher, Jean Francois ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 67049102495     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/wea.164.05     Document Type: Article

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