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UNINA9910696217603321 |
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Homeland security [[electronic resource] ] : U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status program's long-standing lack of strategic direction and management controls needs to be addressed : report to congressional committees |
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[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2007] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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i, 163 pages : digital, PDF file |
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Visitors, Foreign - Government policy - Economic aspects - United States |
Visitors, Foreign - United States - Identification - Data processing - Finance |
Biometric identification - United States - Finance |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Title from title screen (viewed on Nov. 5, 2007). |
"August 2007." |
Paper version available from: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548. |
"GAO-07-1065." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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UNINA9910784531803321 |
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Medical and veterinary entomology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Gary Mullen, Lance Durden |
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Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Academic Press, c2002 |
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1-281-75504-4 |
9786611755041 |
0-08-053607-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (615 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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MullenGary R (Gary Richard) |
DurdenLance A |
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Disciplina |
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Insects as carriers of disease |
Veterinary entomology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; Medical and Veterinary Entomology; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; General Entomology; Medical-Veterinary Entomology Literature; History of Medical-Veterinary Entomology; Identification and Systematics of Arthropods of Medical-Veterinary Importance; Types of Problems Caused by Arthropods; Arthropod-Borne Diseases; Food Contaminants; Fear of Arthropods; Delusory Parasitosis; Toxins and Venoms; Host Defenses; Forensic Entomology; Minor Arthropod Problems of Medical-Veterinary Interest; References and Further Reading |
Chapter 2. Epidemiology of Vector-Borne DiseasesComponents of Transmission Cycles; Modes of Transmission; Transmission Cycles; Interseasonal Maintenance; Vector Incrimination; Surveillance; References and Further Reading; Chapter 3. Cockroaches (Blattaria); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Common Cockroach Species; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; References and Further Reading; Chapter 4. Lice (Phthiraptera); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Lice of Medical Interest; Lice of Veterinary Interest |
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Public Health ImportanceVeterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; References and Further Reading; Chapter 5. True Bugs (Hemiptera); Kissing Bugs (Reduviidae); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; Bed Bugs (Cimicidae); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; References and Further Reading; Chapter 6. Beetles (Coleoptera); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Public Health Importance |
Veterinary ImportancePrevention and Control; References and Further Reading; Chapter 7. Fleas (Siphonaptera); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Fleas of Medical-Veterinary Importance; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; References and Further Reading; Chapter 8. Flies (Diptera); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Families of Minor Medical or Veterinary Interest; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; References and Further Reading |
Chapter 9. Moth Flies and Sand Flies (Psychodidae)Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; References and Further Reading; Chapter 10. Biting Midges (Ceratopogonidae); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control; References and Further Reading; Chapter 11. Black Flies (Simuliidae); Taxonomy; Morphology; Life History; Behavior and Ecology; Public Health Importance; Veterinary Importance; Prevention and Control |
References and Further Reading |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Medical and Veterinary Entomology is a comprehensive text and is primarily intended for graduate students and upper level undergraduates studying the medical and veterinary significance of insects and related arthropods. The book will also appeal to a larger audience, specialists and non-specialists alike, including entomologists, parasitologists, biologists, epidemiologists, physicians, public health personnel, veterinarians, wildlife specialists and others looking for a readable, authoritative book on this topic. The first two chapters provide overviews of medical-veterinary entomolog |
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