Department of Homeland Security bioterrorism risk assessment
Subtitle: a call for change
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D. C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9780309120289
Subjects: United States; Bioterrorism; United States. Dept. of Homeland Security; Risk assessment; Mathematical models
Other titles: Bioterrorism risk assessment
Notes: "Committee on Methodological Improvements to the Department of Homeland Security's Biological Agent Risk Analysis ; Board on Mathematical Sciences and their Applications, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences ; Board on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies ;  National Research Council of the National Academies."

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available electronically.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The critical contribution of risk analysis to risk management and reduction of bioterrorism risk; title: Description and analysis of the Department of Homeland Security's biological threat risk assessment of 2006; title: Department of Homeland Security decision requirements for risk management; title: Risk assessment for unknown and engineered biothreat agents; title: Improving bioterrorism consequence assessment; title: Improving the Department of Homeland Security's biological threat risk assessment and adding risk management.