The willingness of U.S. emergency medical technicians to respond to terrorist incidents

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 331-337

  DiMaggio, Charles ^a   Markenson, David ^b,c   Loo, George T ^a   Redlener, Irwin ^a  

^a Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^b WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644977857     PISSN: 15387135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bsp.2005.3.331     Document Type: Article

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