Bioterrorism preparedness
Subtitle: medicine, public health, policy
By: edited by Nancy Khardori
Contributors: Khardori, Nancy
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Weinheim
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9783527312351
Subjects: Bioterrorism; Bioterrorism -- Health aspects; Bioterrorism -- Prevention -- International cooperation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Potential agents of bioterrorism: historical perspective and an overview / Nancy Khardori; title: Bioterrorism preparedness: historical perspective and an overview / Nancy Khardori; title: Care of children in the event of bioterrorism / Subhash Chaudhary; title: Smallpox: virology, clinical presentation, and prevention / James M. Goodrich; title: Anthrax - bacteriology, clinical presentations, and management / Nancy Khardori; title: Plague: endemic, epidemic, and bioterrorism / Janak Koirala; title: Botulism: toxicology, clinical presentations and management / Janak Koirala; title: Tularemia: natural disease or act of terrorism / Janak Koirala; title: Viral hemorrhagic fevers: differentiation of natural disease from act of bioterrorism / James M. Goodrich; title: Policy priorities: smallpox, stockpiles, and surveillance / Ross D. Silverman; title: Legal preparedness: the modernization of state, national, and international public health law / Ross D. Silverman