Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment: A Call for Change (2008)

Chapter: 3 Description and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security's Biological Threat Risk Assessment of 2006

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Suggested Citation: "3 Description and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security's Biological Threat Risk Assessment of 2006." National Research Council. 2008. Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment: A Call for Change. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12206.
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Suggested Citation: "3 Description and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security's Biological Threat Risk Assessment of 2006." National Research Council. 2008. Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment: A Call for Change. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12206.
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Suggested Citation: "3 Description and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security's Biological Threat Risk Assessment of 2006." National Research Council. 2008. Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment: A Call for Change. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12206.
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Suggested Citation: "3 Description and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security's Biological Threat Risk Assessment of 2006." National Research Council. 2008. Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment: A Call for Change. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12206.
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Suggested Citation: "3 Description and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security's Biological Threat Risk Assessment of 2006." National Research Council. 2008. Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment: A Call for Change. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12206.
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Suggested Citation: "3 Description and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security's Biological Threat Risk Assessment of 2006." National Research Council. 2008. Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment: A Call for Change. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12206.
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Suggested Citation: "3 Description and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security's Biological Threat Risk Assessment of 2006." National Research Council. 2008. Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment: A Call for Change. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12206.
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Suggested Citation: "3 Description and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security's Biological Threat Risk Assessment of 2006." National Research Council. 2008. Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment: A Call for Change. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12206.
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Suggested Citation: "3 Description and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security's Biological Threat Risk Assessment of 2006." National Research Council. 2008. Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment: A Call for Change. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12206.
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Suggested Citation: "3 Description and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security's Biological Threat Risk Assessment of 2006." National Research Council. 2008. Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment: A Call for Change. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12206.
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Suggested Citation: "3 Description and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security's Biological Threat Risk Assessment of 2006." National Research Council. 2008. Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment: A Call for Change. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12206.
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Suggested Citation: "3 Description and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security's Biological Threat Risk Assessment of 2006." National Research Council. 2008. Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment: A Call for Change. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12206.
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Suggested Citation: "3 Description and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security's Biological Threat Risk Assessment of 2006." National Research Council. 2008. Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment: A Call for Change. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12206.
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Suggested Citation: "3 Description and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security's Biological Threat Risk Assessment of 2006." National Research Council. 2008. Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment: A Call for Change. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12206.
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