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Biosecurity : understanding, assessing, and preventing the threat / edited by Ryan Burnette.

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2013]

©2013.

1 online resource (327 pages)

"This book defines the concepts of biosecurity, biosafety, and biosurety and shows how they relate to one another under the overall framework of biodefense. The book also addresses biosecurity strategies for non-laboratory settings, including private sector facilities, the transportation infrastructure, and the food and agriculture sector including insurance, healthcare, the global supply chain, and agriculture. Discussions also include bioterrorism, biosecurity operations, various existing biosecurity programs, and biosecurity ethics. Designed to reach a wide variety of professionals, this resource provides a balanced and accessible look at biodefense and its applications"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Print version: Biosecurity : understanding, assessing, and preventing the threat. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2013] xix, 303 pages

English

9781118769010 e-book
9780470614174 (hardback)

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