Stamping Out Anthrax in USPS Facilities: Technologies and Protocols for Bioagent Detection : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session, May 19, 2003U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003 - 186 pages |
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| Title | Stamping Out Anthrax in USPS Facilities: Technologies and Protocols for Bioagent Detection : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First ... |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003 |
| Original from | the Library of Congress |
| Digitized | 5 Jan 2007 |
| ISBN | 0160710820, 9780160710827 |
| Length | 186 pages |
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