historically, the majority of immigrants to the united states came from european countries. the 1965 immigration reform act (ira) fundamentally changed the configuration of immigrants to the united states. the largest immigrant communities now consist of latin americans, asians, and africans. another important development in immigrant communities in the past few decades has been the growth of a...

After the intentional release of Bacillus anthracis through the U.S. Postal Service in the fall of 2001, many environments were contaminated with B. anthracis spores, and frequent inquiries were made regarding the science of destroying these spores. We conducted a survey of the literature that had potential application to the inactivation of B. anthracis spores. This article provides a tabular ...

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a comprehensive service for all citizens, and the central and local administrative structure of such a service. Hospital and consultant services, general practitioner service, and clinic and other services under the new arrangements are considered. There is a chapter on the service in Scotland, where the administrative structure is somewhat different from what it is in England and Wales. Of fiv...