Emergency preparedness and response in Israel during the Gulf War

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 224-233

  Barach, P ^a   Rivkind, A ^a   Israeli, A ^a   Berdugo, M ^a   Richter, E D ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHEMICAL WARFARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHICS; FACE MASK; INJURY; ISRAEL; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0031928219     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(98)70140-4     Document Type: Article

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