Dentistry and bioterrorism

Dental Clinics of North America

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 733-744

  Flores, Salvador ^a   Mills, Shannon E ^b   Shackelford, Lee ^c  

^a Devmt Ctr for Operational Medicine   (United States)

^b Office of the Secretary of Defense   (United States)

^c Northern Navajo Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; VIRUS VACCINE;

ANTHRAX; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHOLERA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTAMINATION; DENTISTRY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL RECORD; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMALLPOX; TERRORISM; TYPHOID FEVER; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOTERRORISM; DENTAL STAFF; DENTISTRY; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS;

EID: 3242782508     PISSN: 00118532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2003.08.003     Document Type: Review

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