Issues in children’s hospital disaster preparedness

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 224-230

  Freishtat, Robert J ^a   Wright, Joseph L ^a   Holbrook, Peter R ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ROCURONIUM;

ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DISASTER PLANNING; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPERIENCE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036968619     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1522-8401(02)90034-0     Document Type: Article

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