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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456364603321

Titolo

Review of the scientific approaches used during the FBI's investigation of the 2001 anthrax letters [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Review of the Scientific Approaches Used During the FBI's Investigation of the 2001 Bacillus Anthracis Mailings ; National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press (NAP), 2011

ISBN

1-283-13506-X

9786613135063

0-309-18720-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Disciplina

363.320973

Soggetti

Bioterrorism

Anthrax

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Tables, Boxes, Figures""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Biology and History of Bacillus anthracis""; ""3 Scientific Investigation in a Law Enforcement Case and Description and Timeline of the FBI Scientific Investigation""; ""4 Physical and Chemical Analyses""; ""5 Microbiological and Genetic Analyses of Material in the Letters""; ""6 Comparison of the Material in the Letters with Samples in the FBI Repository""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index of Documents Provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation""

""Appendix A: Radiocarbon Dating""""Appendix B: The Forensics Potential of Stable Isotope Analysis""; ""Appendix C: Committee Evaluation of Statistical Analysis Report""; ""Appendix D: Biographical Information of Committee and Staff""; ""Index""