POSSIBLE CRITERIA FOR SELECTING HUMAN, ANIMAL AND PLANT PATHOGENS AND TOXINS FOR THE BTWC

Slavko Bokan, M.D.

Croatian Military Academy

HR-10000 Zagreb, Ilica 256 b, Croatia

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