Biosecurity Interventions: Global Health & Security in Question

by Stephen J. Collier

In recent years, new disease threats--such as SARS, avian flu, mad cow disease, and drug-resistant strains of malaria and tuberculosis--have garnered media attention and galvanized political response. Proposals for new approaches to "securing health" against these threats have come not only from public health and medicine but also from such fields as emergency management, national security, and global humanitarianism.

This volume provides...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023114606X
• ISBN13: 9780231146067
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher