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The Biological Weapons Convention: What is the Role of Sample Collection in a Legally-Binding Regime?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2016

Alan P. Zelicoff
Alan P. Zelicoff*
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Sandia National Laboratories, USA
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Politics and the Life Sciences , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , February 1995 , pp. 79 - 84
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