Managing the community response to bioterrorist threats

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 162-170

  Weedn, Victor W ^a   McDonald, Michael D ^b   Locke, Steven E ^b   Schreiber, Merritt ^b   Friedman, Robert H ^b   Newell, Richard G ^b   Temoshok, Lydia R ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH HAZARD; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

BIOTERRORISM; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SELF-EXAMINATION; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442643834     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2004.1297188     Document Type: Review

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