Medical counterbioterrorism: The response to provide anthrax prophylaxis to New York City US Postal Service employees

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 441-446

  Partridge, Robert ^a,b,f   Alexander, John ^a,c,d   Lawrence, Tom ^a,b,e   Suner, Selim ^a,b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Emergency Med Services for Children   (United States)

^f RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DISASTER; EMPLOYEE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIRST AID; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTAL MAIL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037379763     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2003.105     Document Type: Article

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