In-hospital management of victims of chemical weapons of mass destruction;La gestione intraospedaliera dei pazienti esposti ad armi chimiche di distruzione di massa

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-101

  Barelli, Alessandro ^a   Gargano, Flavio ^a   Proietti, Rodolfo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical warfare agents; Decontamination; Poison control centers; Triage

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT;

CHEMICAL WARFARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; VICTIM;

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; DECONTAMINATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PANIC; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; POISONING; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK; SAFETY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRIAGE; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 24144480263     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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