Hospital planning for weapons of mass destruction incidents

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 116-120

  Perry, R W ^a   Lindell, M K ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital disaster plans; Mass casualties; Terrorism; Weapons of mass destruction

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISASTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; TERRORISM;

DECONTAMINATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INDIA; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; SECURITY MEASURES; TERRORISM; WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION;

EID: 33646537425     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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