Instrument development and evaluation of domestic preparedness training for first responders

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 119-125

  Beaton, Randal D ^a   Johnson, L Clark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

bioterrorism; chemical nerve agents; domestic preparedness; first responders; nuclear events; terrorist attacks; weapons of mass destruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

BIOTERRORISM; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036666675     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00000339     Document Type: Article

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