A psychosocial risk assessment and management framework to enhance response to CBRN terrorism threats and attacks

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 316-330

  Lemyre, Louise ^a   Clément, Mélanie ^b   Corneil, Wayne ^b   Craig, Lorraine ^d   Boutette, Paul ^b   Tyshenko, Michael ^b   Karyakina, Nataliya ^b   Clarke, Robert ^a,c   Krewski, Daniel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Department of Molecular Genetics McLaughlin Centre   (Canada)

^c Institute of Population Health   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRORISM;

CANADA; COMMUNICATION; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRORISM;

EID: 33644978210     PISSN: 15387135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bsp.2005.3.316     Document Type: Article

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