Biosecurity : Understanding, Assessing, and Preventing the Threat.
Learn how to assess and prevent biosecurity threats to protect public health and national security With contributions from experts in all facets of biosecurity, this book explains the fundamental elements of biosecurity as well as the related concepts of biosafety and biosurety, detailing how all th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken :
Wiley,
2013.
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
| Summary: | Learn how to assess and prevent biosecurity threats to protect public health and national security With contributions from experts in all facets of biosecurity, this book explains the fundamental elements of biosecurity as well as the related concepts of biosafety and biosurety, detailing how all three concepts fit within the framework of biodefense. Readers are then given the tools needed to assess and prevent biosecurity threats and vulnerabilities. The book explores the nature of biosecurity threats to research laboratories as well as to agriculture, food, and mass transit. |
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| Item Description: | Evolving Oversight of Synthetic Biology. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (328 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781118769010 1118769015 1118769112 9781118769119 9781118768952 1118768957 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/9781118769119 |
