The agent used to free the hostages in Moscow and the insufficient Dutch preparations in case of a terrorist chemical disaster;Het bij de beëindiging van de schouwburggijzeling in Moskou gebruikte middel en de ontoereikende voorbereiding van Nederland op een terroristische chemische calamiteit

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 146, Issue 50, 2002, Pages 2396-2401

  Booij, L H D J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; CARFENTANIL; COCAINE; DESFLURANE; DEXTROMORAMIDE; ENFLURANE; ETORPHINE; FENTANYL DERIVATIVE; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; LOFENTANIL; MORPHINE; OPIATE; SEVOFLURANE; SUFENTANIL; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSTAGE; NETHERLANDS; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TERRORISM; ARTICLE; DANGEROUS GOODS; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GAS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; DECONTAMINATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GASES; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RUSSIA; TERRORISM;

EID: 0037079506     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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