Detecting and responding to bioterrorism

NATO Security through Science Series A: Chemistry and Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 77-92

  Blatny, Janet Martha ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

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EID: 69549105972     PISSN: 18714641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5808-0_7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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