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Emerging biological threats : a reference guide / Joan R. Callahan.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Callahan, Joan R.
Series:
Non-Series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Emerging infectious diseases.
Food security.
Health risk assessment.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (342 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Distribution:
London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024
Place of Publication:
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood Press, c2009.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
What biological agents should we truly be afraid of? Which have garnered more attention than they warrant? <i>Emerging Biological Threats: A Reference Guide</i> is the antidote for the confusion surrounding the potentially devastating impact of pathogens on the human community. Written by a frontline professional in epidemiology, it is the most authoritative yet engagingly written resource available on the real risks we face, and the countermeasures used to confront them. <i>Emerging Biological Threats</i> provides the information needed to understand significant direct threats to human he
Contents:
Introduction
Five big ones
Five more (and complications)
Food insecurity
Food insecurity, continued
Making things worse
Fighting back.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9798400645020
9786612385933
9783133720946
3133720945
9781282385931
1282385933
OCLC:
699490340
Publisher Number:
10.5040/9798400645020

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