Strip and shower: The duck and cover for the 21st century

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 391-394

  Koenig, Kristi L ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042825841     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(03)00632-2     Document Type: Editorial

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