The science of homeland security
By: edited by Sandra F. Amass ... [et al.].
Contributors: Amass, Sandra F., 1967-
Series: Advances in homeland security -- v. 1.
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: West Lafayette, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9781557534163
Subjects: Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention; Terrorism -- Risk assessment -- United States; National security -- United States; Terrorism -- Prevention -- Research
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Science and biosecurity : an introduction / Donald A. Mahley; title: Decomplexifying communication strategies in response to bioterrorism : toward a synergistic crisis communication model / Mohan Dutta-Bergman and Marifran Mattson; title: Physical security aspects in water infrastructure / Jianhong Qiao ... [et al.]; title: Modeling, measuring, and understanding risk to our security / Dennis Engi; title: Enzyme-based biosensors for the direct and discriminative detection of chemical warfare nerve agents and related agricultural pesticides / Aleksandr L. Simonian and James R. Wild; title: Detection of significant bacterial pathogens and toxins of interest in homeland security / Arun K. Bhunia; title: Anticrop bioterrorism / Don M. Huber; title: Medical surveillance : state of the art and agenda for future research / David Siegrist.