The problem of secondary contamination following chemical agent release

Critical Care

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 323-324

  Baker, David ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; SARIN; SOMAN;

ACCIDENT; AWARENESS; CONTAMINATION; DANGEROUS GOODS; EMERGENCY WARD; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JAPAN; MEDICAL STAFF; MONITOR; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TERRORISM; VICTIM;

CHEMICAL WARFARE; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; DECONTAMINATION; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 23744461613     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc3509     Document Type: Note

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