Biological Weapons Defense
Subtitle: Infectious Disease and Counterbioterrorism (Infectious Disease)
Contributors: Luther E. Lindler (Editor); Frank J. Lebeda (Editor); George Korch (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: December 10, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 624
ISBN-13: 9781588291844
Subjects: Chemical & biological weapons; Defence strategy, planning & research; Medical microbiology & virology; prevention & control; Political Freedom & Security - Terrorism; Communicable Disease Control; Politics / Current Events; Chemical And Biological Warfare; Military Science; Medical; Disaster Planning; Infectious Diseases; Public Health; Medical / Infectious Diseases; Bioterrorism; Politics - Current Events; methods
First sentence: As the 20th century drew to a close, most biological defense professionals, both military and civilian, were in agreement that the probability of a bioterrorist event occurring in the United States was not a matter of if, but when.