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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 IntroductionBioterrorism is an important issue in the field of biosecurity, and effectively dealing with bioterrorism has become an urgent task worldwide.
Tiantian Li +5 more
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A century of assessment: A systematic review of biothreat risk assessments. [PDF]
Risk AnalAbstract Throughout the past century, assessments of the risks and benefits posed by high‐consequence biological agents have guided US decision‐making on weapons research, countermeasure development, and security policy. However, the dispersed nature of these biothreat risk assessments has presented various difficulties, such as duplicative effort ...
Atkerson C, Parker MT.
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Journal of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, 2020 Background: Bioterrorism covers a vast spectrum of concerns, from catastrophic terrorism with mass casualties, to micro-events using low technology but producing civil unrest, disruption, disease, disabilities, and death. In such a situation, the medical
Vemuri Sridevi +5 more
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Commentary: Public Health and Civil Liberties in an Era of Bioterrorism [PDF]
, 2002 Safeguarding the public\u27s health, safety, and security took on new meaning and urgency after the attacks on the World Trade Towers in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on September 11, 2001. The subsequent intentional dispersal of anthrax
Gostin, Lawrence O.
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Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2017 Objectives: An act of bioterrorism may compromise the local medical system and require whole of the healthcare workforce. The purpose of the present study was to assess the knowledge, perceived need for education, and willingness to participate in ...
Sumeet Bhatt +2 more
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What if a Bioterrorist Attack Occurs?—A Survey on Citizen Preparedness in Aveiro, Portugal
Societies, 2023 Introduction: A bioterrorist attack is the intentional release of pathogenic micro-organisms, such as viruses, bacteria, or their toxins, with the aim of causing illness or death in people, animals, or plants. In this study, we investigated the knowledge
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SAGE Open Nursing, 2019 Terrorist attacks are increasingly becoming more lethal and less discriminate. The threat of bioterrorism is increasing daily. The ease of production and the broad availability of biological agents and technical know-how have led to a further spread of ...
Confidence A. Atakro MN, BSN, RN +9 more
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Biological warfare: the history of microbial pathogens, biotoxins and emerging threats [PDF]
Microbiology Australia, 2020 Bioterrorism is the deliberate misuse of a pathogen (virus, bacterium or other disease-causing microorganisms) or biotoxin (poisonous substance produced by an organism) to cause illness and death amongst the population.
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Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2022 BACKGROUND: Today, considering the importance of bioterrorism, it may be time to assess the risk of bioterrorism as an important priority. Nurses, as the broadest group of therapy group, are very influential in this regard.General aim: To determine the ...
Masoud Khoshnudi +7 more
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Clinicians' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Concerns Regarding Bioterrorism After a Brief Educational Program [PDF]
, 2004 We conducted this study to determine the knowledge, attitudes, and intended behaviors of New York City clinicians regarding bioterrorism-related diseases after a brief educational program.
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