Medical response to a terrorist attack and weapons of mass destruction

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 230-239

  Caldicott, David G E ^a   Edwards, Nicholas A ^a   Tingey, David ^b   Bonnin, Robert ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b South Australia Ambulance Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Domestic preparedness; HAZMAT; Major incident; Mass casualty; Terrorism; Weapons of mass destruction

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; DANGEROUS GOODS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REVIEW; SAFETY; TERRORISM; WEAPON;

AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOTERRORISM; CHEMICAL WARFARE; DECONTAMINATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036740779     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2002.00337.x     Document Type: Review

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