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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829148703321

Titolo

Radiation inactivation of bioterrorism agents [[electronic resource] /] / edited by L.G. GazsoĢ and C.C. Ponta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Oxford, : IOS Press, c2005

ISBN

1-280-50477-3

9786610504770

1-4294-0240-7

1-60750-109-0

600-00-0533-4

1-60129-090-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Collana

NATO science series. Series I, Life and behavioural sciences, , 1566-7693 ; ; v. 365

Altri autori (Persone)

GazsoL. G

PontaC. C (Corneliu C.)

Disciplina

660.2982

Soggetti

Biological weapons - Effect of radiation on

Radiation sterilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Radiation Inactivation of Bioterrorism Agents, 7-9 March 2004, Budapest, Hungary"--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Foreword; Contents; Radiation Technology for New Materials Development, Human Health and Environment Protection; Radiation Safety Principles and Requirements at Gamma- and Electron Irradiation Facilities; Dosimetry Systems for Radiation Processing; Process Control of Radiation Treatment; Dose Setting Procedures for Radiation Sterilization; Radiation Chemistry and Its Application to Radiation Technology; Physical, Chemical and Biological Dose Modifying Factors; Radiation Technology in the Mediterranean Dialogue Countries

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Terrorism: New Challenge for Protection and Crisis ManagementPreventing is better than Postfactum Intervention in Bioterrorism; Potential Agents for Biological Weapons; Deployable (Molecular) Biological Laboratory: Concept & Reality; Irradiation Decontamination of Postal Mail and High-



Risk Luggage; Research Directions at State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology VECTOR. International Collaboration is an Efficient Option for Infectious Disease Control and Combating Bioterrorism; Differential PCR Diagnostic of Orthopoxviruses

Inactivation of Bio-Terrorism Agents in Military and Domestic ApplicationsInactivation of Biological Warfare Agent Simulants by Ionizing Radiation; Inactivation of Biological Threat Agents with Nonionizing Radiation; Ionizing Radiation Inactivation of Medically Relevant Viruses; Detection and Prevention of Bioterrorism Agents - Portuguese Case Studies; Foodborne Agents and Bioterrorism Prevention - A Portuguese Case Study on Ionizing Irradiation; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume is the product of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Radiation Inactivation of Bioterrorism Agents, held in March 2004 in Budapest, Hungary. Gazs (National Center for Public Health, National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene, Hungary) and Ponta (""Horia Hulubei"" National Institute for Physics and Engineering, Roman