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6 - A Risk and Economic Analysis of Dirty Bomb Attacks on the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2017

Ali E. Abbas
Affiliation:
University of Southern California
Milind Tambe
Affiliation:
University of Southern California
Detlof von Winterfeldt
Affiliation:
University of Southern California
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