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100 1 _aHunger, Iris.
_eeditor.
245 1 0 _aBiopreparedness and Public Health
_h[electronic resource] :
_bExploring Synergies /
_cedited by Iris Hunger, Vladan Radosavljevic, Goran Belojevic, Lisa D. Rotz.
264 1 _aDordrecht :
_bSpringer Netherlands :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2013.
300 _aX, 225 p. 27 illus.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aNATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology,
_x1874-6489
520 _aThe terrorist use of diseases as bioweapons has been one of the major security concerns in recent years, particularly after the anthrax letter attacks in the USA in 2001. This uncertain threat of intentional outbreaks of diseases exists side by side with the constantly changing very real threat from diseases, epidemics and pandemics as recently illustrated by the H1N1 influenza pandemic, SARS, and H5N1 bird influenza events.   This publication contains case studies on the public health planning for (un)usual disease outbreaks for 11 large and small countries with a focus on South Eastern Europe. In many countries, military entities traditionally play an important role in emergency response to disease outbreaks. In smaller countries, very little exists, however, in terms of specific biopreparedness efforts (in both the military and civilian area), which is at least partly due to a relatively low bioterrorism threat perception, and serious resource constraints.   The uncertainty associated with the bioterrorism threat makes public health preparedness planning for such events politically and financially very difficult. The similarity of responding to bioterrorism events and natural disease outbreaks from a public health point of view suggests the merit of looking at biopreparedness as a part of overall health emergency planning, not as a separate effort.
650 0 _aMedicine.
650 0 _aEmergency medicine.
650 0 _aEmerging infectious diseases.
650 1 4 _aMedicine & Public Health.
650 2 4 _aEmergency Services.
650 2 4 _aInfectious Diseases.
700 1 _aRadosavljevic, Vladan.
_eeditor.
700 1 _aBelojevic, Goran.
_eeditor.
700 1 _aRotz, Lisa D.
_eeditor.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9789400752726
830 0 _aNATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology,
_x1874-6489
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5273-3
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