Industrial chemicals: Terrorist weapons of opportunity

Pediatric Annals

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 230-234

  Burklow, Thomas R ^a   Yu, Clifton E ^a   Madsen, James M ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; PHOSGENE;

CHILD HEALTH CARE; EXPOSURE; INTOXICATION; NERVE INJURY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERRORISM;

EID: 12444268974     PISSN: 00904481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0090-4481-20030401-06     Document Type: Review

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