When Bioterrorism Strikes: Communication Issues for the Local Health Department

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 424-429

  Riederer Trainor, Christine ^a   Wilkinson, Tiffany ^a   Snook, William D ^b   Hoff, Gerald L ^c   Griffin, Ron ^d   Archer, Rex ^e  

^a Division of Health Education and Health Communication   (United States)

^b Kansas City Health Department ^*  (United States)

^c Office of Epidemiology and Community Health Monitoring   (United States)

^d Division of Communicable Disease Prevention and Public Health Preparedness   (United States)

^e Kansas City Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

anthrax; bioterrorism; communications; incident management; news media; press conferences

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DISASTER PLANNING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; POSTAL MAIL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

ANTHRAX; BIOTERRORISM; COMMUNICATION; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MASS MEDIA; MISSOURI; POSTAL SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 33644667342     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839905278474     Document Type: Article

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