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UNINA9910456413903321 |
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Autore |
Koplow David A |
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Titolo |
Smallpox [[electronic resource] ] : The Fight to Eradicate a Global Scourge |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2003 |
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0-520-93808-9 |
1-59734-903-8 |
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1 online resource (277 p.) |
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Cultures and culture media |
Epidemiology |
Health Policy |
International cooperation |
Prevention |
prevention & control |
Smallpox |
Variola virus |
Smallpox - Prevention |
Smallpox - Epidemiology |
Smallpox - Cultures and culture media |
Orthopoxvirus |
Public Policy |
Internationality |
Poxviridae Infections |
Social Sciences |
DNA Virus Infections |
Social Control Policies |
Chordopoxvirinae |
Social Control, Formal |
Policy |
Poxviridae |
Virus Diseases |
Sociology |
DNA Viruses |
Health Care Economics and Organizations |
Diseases |
Health Care |
Viruses |
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Vertebrates - virology |
International Cooperation |
Public Health |
Health & Biological Sciences |
Communicable Diseases |
Electronic books. |
North America |
Europe, Eastern |
Americas |
Europe |
Geographic Locations |
Russia |
United States |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Rise and Fall of Smallpox; 2 The Biology of Viruses; 3 Smallpox as a Biological Weapon; 4 Environmental Law and Policy; 5 The World Health Organization; 6 The Morality of Extinction; 7 The Case for Extermination; 8 The Case against Extermination; 9 Conclusions and Recommendations; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index |
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Though smallpox was eradicated from the planet two decades ago, recent terrorist acts have raised the horrific possibility that rogue states, laboratories, or terrorist groups are in possession of secret stockpiles of the virus that causes the disease, and may be preparing to unleash it on target populations. |
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UNIORUON00495424 |
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Autore |
HICKS, John Richard |
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Titolo |
Economic perspectives : further essays on money and growth / by John Hicks |
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Oxford, : Clarendon press, 1977 |
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