Small-Scale Terrorist Attacks Using Chemical and Biological Agents - Hardcover

Shea, Dana A; Gottron, Frank

 
9781594542008: Small-Scale Terrorist Attacks Using Chemical and Biological Agents
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1594542007 ISBN 13: 9781594542008
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc, 2005

Synopsis

This book presents a means of assessing the relative threat from terrorist-use of individual chemical, biological, and toxin agents. It focuses on small-scale, targeted chemical and biological attacks, rather than mass-casualty attacks. The framework considers the elements of access, public health impact, medical treatment, prophylaxis, and dissemination. Other factors that may affect potential use by terrorists include the range of lethality, covert employment of an agent, and the availability of dual-use technologies. The results of this book may be useful in addressing the threat these agents pose, for example by indicating priorities for countermeasure funding. Other uses include weighing the potential effectiveness of policy options, assessing threat reduction approaches to specific agents, and serving as a resource for developing other specialised frameworks.

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Dana A Shea and Frank Gottron

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Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1594542007
ISBN 13 
9781594542008
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
119