Effects of the USA PATRIOT act and the 2002 bioterrorism preparedness act on select agent research in the United States

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 9556-9561

  Dias, M Beatrice ^a   Reyes Gonzalez, Leonardo ^a   Veloso, Francisco M ^a,b   Casman, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PORTUGAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Biosecurity policy; Ebola virus; Research networks; Research productivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; EBOLA VIRUS; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LAW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIBLIOMETRICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BIOTERRORISM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EBOLAVIRUS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; EBOLA VIRUS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PYRONIA TITHONUS;

EID: 77953095895     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0915002107     Document Type: Article

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