Radiological threat assessment and the federal response plan - A gap analysis

Health Physics

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 457-470

  Conklin, W Craig ^a   Liotta, Philip L ^b  

^a Federal Emergency Management Agency   (United States)

^b Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents, handling; National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements; Radiation protection; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BOMB; ATOMIC WARFARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COOPERATION; DEVICE; EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; IMPROVISED NUCLEAR DEVICE; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS HANDLING; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGICAL DISPERSION DEVICE; TERRORISM; UNIVERSITY;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; SECURITY MEASURES; TERRORISM;

EID: 26844470346     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000178546.37526.c8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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