Bioterrorism and biological threats dominate federal health security research; Other priorities get scant attention

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2755-2763

  Shelton, Shoshana R ^a   Connor, Kathryn ^a   Uscher Pines, Lori ^a   Pillemer, Francesca Matthews ^a   Mullikin, James M ^a   Kellermann, Arthur L ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; THREAT; UNITED STATES;

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS; BIOTERRORISM; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECURITY MEASURES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES;

EID: 84871905393     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0311     Document Type: Article

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