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Risk Assessment and Risk Communication Strategies in Bioterrorism Preparedness

The anthrax envelopes incident in the United States in 2001 created the impetus for a substantial increase in preparedness for bioterrorist threats among both public health and law enforcement professionals, worldwide. Ever increasing resources are now being allocated for dealing with a wide variety...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Green, Manfred S. (Editor ), Zenilman, Jonathan (Editor ), Cohen, Dani (Editor ), Wiser, Itay (Editor ), Balicer, Ran D. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Colección:Nato Security through Science Series A:, Chemistry and Biology,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Risk Assessment
  • to Bioterrorism Risk Assessment
  • Some Public Health Perspectives on Quantitative Risk Assessments for Bioterrorism
  • Situational Awareness in a Bioterror Attack via Probability Modeling
  • The Bioterrorism Threat
  • Change of Mind-Set Following 9/11: The few that are already willing to Resort to Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • Antimicrobial Prophylaxis and Providing Subacute Care in the Context of a Bioterrorism Event: Lessons learned from 2001
  • Detecting and Responding to Bioterrorism
  • Species-Neutral Disease Surveillance: A Foundation of Risk Assessment and Communication
  • Risk Communication
  • to Bioterrorism Risk Communication
  • Risk Communication to Health-Care Workers as a Risk Reduction Measure in Bioterrorism
  • Anthrax-Euronet and Beyond - Challenges of Scientific Research on High Risk Agents
  • Risk Communication and Public Behavior in Emergencies
  • Prevention Strategies and Promoting Psychological Resilience to Bioterrorism Through Communication
  • Risk Communication and the Community Response to a Bioterrorist Attack: the Role of an Internet-Based early warning system A.K.A "The Informal Sector"
  • Information Systems for Risk Communication Related to Bioterrorism
  • Focus on Smallpox
  • Risk Assessment in Smallpox Bioterrorist Aggression
  • Renewal of Immunological Memory to Smallpox: Use of New Tools Yields Old Results
  • Preparing for a Smallpox Bioterrorist Attack: Pulse Vaccination as an Optimal Strategy
  • A Priori Versus a Posteriori Risk Assessment for Bioterror Attack
  • Impact of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Stability in the Middle East
  • The Role of Risk Assessment in Preparing the Health-Care System for Bioterrorism and Natural Epidemics
  • Susceptibility of B. Anthracis to Various Antibacterial Agents and their Time-Kill Activity
  • Natural Or Intentional Food Contamination? How can we know?
  • Bioterrorism Emergency Response: Current Concepts and Controversies
  • Preparedness and Response for Bioterrorism Involving the Food Supply
  • Risk Communication and Psychological Impact: Technological and Operational Methods of Mitigation.