Dentists' preparedness for responding to bioterrorism: A survey of Hawaii dentists

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 461-467

  Katz, Alan R ^a   Nekorchuk, Dawn M ^b   Holck, Peter S ^a   Hendrickson, Lisa A ^b   Imrie, Allison A ^a   Effler, Paul V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Disease Outbreak Control Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioterrorism; Hawaii; Preparedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646366681     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2006.0217     Document Type: Article

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