SECURITY THREATS WITH CONTAGIOUS BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS IN TERRORIST ATTACKS Cover Image

ZAGROŻENIA BEZPIECZEŃSTWA BIOLOGICZNYMI MATERIAŁAMI ZAKAŹNYMI W ATAKACH TERRORYSTYCZNYCH
SECURITY THREATS WITH CONTAGIOUS BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS IN TERRORIST ATTACKS

Author(s): K. Wiśniewska
Subject(s): Studies in violence and power, Health and medicine and law, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Fundacja „Oświata i Nauka Bez Granic PRO FUTURO”
Keywords: Bioterrorism; epidemic; infectious agents; ebola; anthrax; tularemia; smallpox;

Summary/Abstract: Bioterroryzm is one of more important threats to the biosecurity, understood as danger posing a threat for the natural environment and living organisms. The weapon is biological with tool attractive for terrorists, on account of such features as the low manufacture cost or the easiness of using. In the article I will try to move closer comprehending the biological weapon, for her coming and features of individual contagious materials as well as the scale of the created risk for the population and the environment."

  • Issue Year: 13/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 208-211
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: Polish