Commentary: Evacuation decisions in chemical incidents benefit from expert health advice

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7506, 2005, Pages 1474-1475

  Baxter, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CLOUD; DECISION MAKING; EVACUATION; EXPOSURE; FIRE; HUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKE; AIR POLLUTANT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

PLASTIC;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PLASTICS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKE; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 21244435161     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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