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

Contributor(s):

Burnette, Ryan, 1977-

Material type:

TextPublisher: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2013]Copyright date: ℗♭2013Description: 1 online resource (327 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781118769010 (ebook)

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Biosecurity : understanding, assessing, and preventing the threat.LOC classification:

JZ5865.B5 2013

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Contents:

part I. An introduction to biosecurity -- part II. Elements of biosecurity -- part III. Biosecurity in various sectors -- part Ivolume Biosecurity policy, bioterrorism, and the future.

Summary: "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.

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Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

part I. An introduction to biosecurity -- part II. Elements of biosecurity -- part III. Biosecurity in various sectors -- part Ivolume Biosecurity policy, bioterrorism, and the future.

"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.

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