Quarantine stations at ports of entry : protecting the public's health / Committee on Measures to Enhance the Effectiveness of the CDC Quarantine Station Expansion Plan for U.S. Ports of Entry, Board on Global Health, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice ; Laura B. Sivitz, Kathleen Stratton, and Georges C. Benjamin, editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Measures to Enhance the Effectiveness of the CDC Quarantine Station Expansion Plan for U.S. Ports of Entry.

Contributor:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

Sivitz, Laura.

Stratton, Kathleen R.

Benjamin, Georges.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quarantine--United States.

Quarantine.

United States.

Bioterrorism--United States--Prevention.

Bioterrorism.

Bioterrorism--prevention & control.

Medical Subjects:

Quarantine.

United States.

Bioterrorism--prevention & control.

Physical Description:

xvii, 314 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2006]

Contents:

Context and content of the CDC quarantine station expansion plan

Today's CDC quarantine stations at U.S. ports of entry

Bridge from present to future: vision and recommendations.

Notes:

"This study was supported by Contract No. 200-2000-00629, Task Order No. 31 between the National Academy of Sciences and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

030909951X

9780309099516

OCLC:

61457549