Health care facility preparation for weapons of mass destruction

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 261-269

  Bradley, Richard Neville ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Houston Fire Dep   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological warfare; Chemical warfare; Decontamination; Disaster planning methods; Emergency service hospital; Hazardous substances; Mass disaster; Weapons of mass destruction

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM ANTISERUM; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RUNOFF; SMALLPOX VACCINE; TETRACYCLINE; TOXOID;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DANGEROUS GOODS; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; TRAINING; WEAPON;

EID: 0033938159     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120090941308     Document Type: Article

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