Social media and its dual use in biopreparedness: Communication and visualization tools in an animal bioterrorism incident

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages

  Sjöberg, Elisabeth ^a   Barker, Gary C ^b   Landgren, Jonas ^c   Griberg, Isaac ^d   Skiby, Jeffrey E ^e   Tubbin, Anna ^f   Von Stapelmohr, Anne ^g   Härenstam, Malin ^a   Jansson, Mikael ^h   Knutsson, Rickard ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d Intl Committee of the Red Cross   (Switzerland)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f Swedish Board of Agriculture   (Sweden)

^g Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB)   (Sweden)

^h SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DATA MINING; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ANIMALS; BIOTERRORISM; COMMUNICATION; DATA DISPLAY; DATA MINING; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84883226965     PISSN: 15387135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bsp.2013.0014     Document Type: Article

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