BioWatch and public health surveillance : evaluating systems for the early detection of biological threats /
Following the attacks of September 11, 2001 and the anthrax letters, the ability to detect biological threats as quickly as possible became a top priority. In 2003 the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) introduced the BioWatch program--a federal monitoring system intended to speed detection of sp...
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Corporate Authors: | National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Committee on Effectiveness of National Biosurveillance Systems: BioWatch and the Public Health System, Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Health Sciences Policy, National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Life Sciences |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academies Press,
©2011.
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Edition: | Abbreviated version. |
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Online Access: | CONNECT |
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