Handling human remains following the terrorist attack on the Pentagon: Experiences of 10 uniformed health care workers

Military Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 9 SUPPL., 2002, Pages 8-11

  Keller, Richard T ^a   Bobo, William V ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICIPATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISASTER; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTHUMOUS CARE; STRESS; TERRORISM; TRAINING;

EID: 0036735215     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/167.suppl_4.8     Document Type: Article

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