A population survey: Would Australian general practice be the first point of contact during an anthrax bioterrorism event?

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 172-174

  Durrheim, David N ^a   Muller, Reinhold ^b   Saunders, Vicki L ^b   Speare, Richard ^b   Lowe, John B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DISASTER PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ANTHRAX; AUSTRALIA; BIOTERRORISM; DISASTER PLANNING; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS;

EID: 33646461290     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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