The challenge of determining the need for remediation following a wide-area biological release

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 257-261

  Raber, Ellen ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIOLOGICAL ACCIDENT; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE; TIME; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANTHRAX; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIOHAZARD RELEASE; BIOTERRORISM; DECONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 80052503961     PISSN: 15387135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bsp.2011.0045     Document Type: Review

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