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The Politics of Epidemiological Surveillance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2016

Barbara Hatch Rosenberg
Barbara Hatch Rosenberg*
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State University of New York—Purchase, USA
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Mark Wheelis makes a thoroughly scientific case for deterring the covert use of biological weapons through a program of global epidemiological surveillance, thoughtfully laid out in terms of function, organization, and goals. In tactical terms, however, it seems a bit like the tail of biological weapons control wagging the dog of the “other benefits”—as Dr. Wheelis recognizes in discussing the latter. The driving force for such a program would surely be its benefits for world public and economic health.

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Roundtable Commentaries
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Politics and the Life Sciences , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , August 1992 , pp. 193 - 194
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Copyright © Association for Politics and the Life Sciences 

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