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. 1994 Dec;113(3):479–490. doi: 10.1017/s0950268800068497

Information on which to base assessments of risk from environments contaminated with anthrax spores.

A Watson 1, D Keir 1
PMCID: PMC2271327  PMID: 7995358

Abstract

Although there has been a considerable amount of research conducted into Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax, the data are widely disseminated in the scientific literature and are therefore not always easy to assimilate. In view of continuing concern about potential anthrax contamination in environmental materials and sites, this review brings together the currently available information relating to the health hazards from B. anthracis. The relevance of the available information for risk assessment purposes is assessed.

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