The Global Threat of New and Reemerging Infectious Diseases
Subtitle: Reconciling U.S. National Security and Public Health Policy
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Published: March 25, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9780833032935
Subjects: Defence strategy, planning & research; Epidemiology & medical statistics; Social aspects; Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement; Hospital Administration; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; USA; Political Freedom & Security - Terrorism; Non-Classifiable; Health aspects; Nursing - Home & Community Care; Bioterrorism; Emerging infectious diseases; National security
First sentence: With the collapse of the Soviet bloc in Eastern Europe in the late 1980s and early 1990s, it appeared that the world system could be on the threshold of an era of unprecedented peace and stability.