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Epidemiology of Biowarfare and Bioterrorism
*Lieutenant Colonel, Medical Service Corps, US Army Reserve; Chief, Biodefense Epidemiology and Education and Training Programs, Operational Medicine Department, Division of Medicine, US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1425 Porter Street, Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702 †Lieutenant Colonel, Medical Corps, US Army; Graduate Student, Uniformed Services University of the Healt...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Critical Care Clinics
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0749-0704
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2013.03.015