Measures to fight chemical/biological terrorism: how little is enough?
Part of a special section on chemical and biological terrorism. The writer replies to 24 commentaries on his article “Chemical/Biological Terrorism: Coping with a New Threat,” all of which appear in this issue. The writer contends that the issue of possible motivations of terrorist organizations...
| Publicado en: | Politics & the Life Sciences Vol. 15; pp. 240 - 248 |
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Association for Politics & the Life Sciences
September 1996
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