Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 7 , Pages 613-617 , July 2006

Are we prepared for a deliberate release of a biological agent?

  • S. Pooransingh

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: 18 Christchurch Close, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 3NE, UK
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  • J. Hawker

Received 21 January 2005 ,Revised 2 January 2006 ,Accepted 15 February 2006.

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PII: S0033-3506(06)00079-5

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.02.005

Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 7 , Pages 613-617 , July 2006

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