A pre-event configuration for biological threats: Preparedness and the constitution of biosecurity events

American Ethnologist

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 478-491

  Samimian Darash, Limor ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 76449089959     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2009.01174.x     Document Type: Article

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