书目名称 | Risk Assessment and Risk Communication Strategies in Bioterrorism Preparedness |
编辑 | Manfred S. Green,Jonathan Zenilman (Professor of M |
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概述 | Scarcity of relevant evidence-based resources.Practical approach for coping with current bioterrorism threats.Authored by leading scientists with extensive field experience.Multidisciplinary approach |
丛书名称 | Nato Security through Science Series A: |
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描述 | .The anthrax envelopes incident in the United States in 2001 created the impetus for a substantial increase in preparedness for bioterrorist threats among both public health and law enforcement professionals, worldwide. Ever increasing resources are now being allocated for dealing with a wide variety of potential threats, from the reintroduction of eradicated viruses such as smallpox to the possibility of genetically engineered novel pathogens. Despite the potentially devastating consequences of the various projected bioterror scenarios, it remains remarkably difficult to quantitatively assess the actual risk in each of these scenarios. Nevertheless, such risk assessment is crucial for determining the appropriate allocation of resources for research and preparedness...The public anxiety expected during a large-scale bioterrorism attack may even be more damaging than the direct effects of the bioterrorism agent, both in health-related and economic outcomes. Carefully tailored risk communication is a major tool for individuals, decision-makers or even entire communities to make educated decisions about their responses to well-being, and avoid social disruption...In this book, we have |
出版日期 | Conference proceedings 2007 |
关键词 | 9/11; Prevention; Terrorist; antimicrobial; antimicrobial prophylaxis; bacteria; bioterrorism; prevention s |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5808-0 |
isbn_softcover | 978-1-4020-5807-3 |
isbn_ebook | 978-1-4020-5808-0Series ISSN 1871-4641 Series E-ISSN 1871-4684 |
issn_series | 1871-4641 |
copyright | Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007 |