A model curriculum for public health bioterrorism education

Public Health Reports

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-18

  Dembek, Zygmunt ^a   Iton, Anthony ^b   Hansen, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Alameda County Public Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

BIOTERRORISM; CONNECTICUT; CURRICULUM; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14844321982     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 00333549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490512000104     Document Type: Review

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