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UNINA9910958613903321 |
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Autore |
Callahan Joan R |
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Titolo |
Emerging biological threats : a reference guide / / Joan R. Callahan |
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Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Greenwood Press, , c2009 |
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London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), , 2024 |
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ISBN |
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9798400645020 |
9786612385933 |
9783133720946 |
3133720945 |
9781282385931 |
1282385933 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (342 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Emerging infectious diseases |
Food security |
Health risk assessment |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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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 index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Five big ones -- Five more (and complications) -- Food insecurity -- Food insecurity, continued -- Making things worse -- Fighting back. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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What biological agents should we truly be afraid of? Which have garnered more attention than they warrant? <i>Emerging Biological Threats: A Reference Guide</i> is the antidote for the confusion surrounding the potentially devastating impact of pathogens on the human community. Written by a frontline professional in epidemiology, it is the most authoritative yet engagingly written resource available on the real risks we face, and the countermeasures used to confront them. <i>Emerging Biological Threats</i> provides the information needed to understand significant direct threats to human he |
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