Chemicals and Drugs

Biological Warfare Agents

Living organisms or their toxic products that are used to cause disease or death of humans during WARFARE.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Living organisms or their toxic products that are used to cause disease or death of humans during WARFARE.

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Synonyms

23 entry terms
  • Biological Select Agents
  • Bioterrorism Agents
  • Biowarfare Agents
  • Agent, Biological Select
  • Agent, Biological Warfare
  • Agent, Bioterrorism
  • Agent, Biowarfare
  • Agents, Biological Select
  • Agents, Biological Warfare
  • Agents, Bioterrorism
  • Agents, Biowarfare
  • Biological Select Agent
  • Biological Warfare Agent
  • Bioterrorism Agent
  • Biowarfare Agent
  • Select Agent, Biological
  • Select Agents, Biological
  • Warfare Agent, Biological
  • Warfare Agents, Biological
  • Biological Weapons
  • Biological Weapon
  • Weapon, Biological
  • Weapons, Biological

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Aspects Covered

7 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, standards, statistics & numerical data.

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History Note

2008

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Biological Warfare Agents. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D054045. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D054045
  2. Biological Warfare Agents. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_weapon
  3. Biological Warfare Agents. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170907