Anthrax: Know the guidelines for management

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 48-52

  Coleman, Elizabeth Ann ^a,b   Kearney, Kathleen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b 95Th Division   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTHRAX; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANTHRAX; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BIOTERRORISM; CHILD; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INHALATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 0035790307     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000446-200112000-00021     Document Type: Article

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