Bioterrorism preparedness: What practitioners need to know

Infections in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 497-514

  Relman, David A ^a   Olson, Jed E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Biologic weapons; Enterotoxin, staphylococcal; Plague; Smallpox; Tularemia

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTHRAX VACCINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTITOXIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIDOFOVIR; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ENTEROTOXIN; GENTAMICIN; LIVE VACCINE; OFLOXACIN; PLAGUE VACCINE; RICIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOXIN; TOXOID; VACCINIA VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BOTULISM; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PLAGUE; POPULATION; Q FEVER; SIDE EFFECT; SMALLPOX; TULAREMIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0035560695     PISSN: 07496524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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