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Bioterrorism: the statistical issues
Author(s) -
Halloran Elizabeth,
Longini Ira
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2004.00062.x
Subject(s) - operations research , computer science , management science , data science , computer security , engineering
Bioterrorism research has had an upsurge since the autumn of 2001. Elizabeth Halloran and Ira Longini describe particular contributions that statisticians and mathematical modellers can make to bioterrorism research related to infectious diseases. They argue that much can be learned from emerging infectious diseases that is applicable to potential bioterrorist threats.