Are community health centers prepared for bioterrorism?

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-63

  Clawson, Art ^a   Menachemi, Nir ^a   Beitsch, Leslie ^a   Brooks, Robert G ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DISASTER PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MASS IMMUNIZATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BIOTERRORISM; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DISASTER PLANNING; FLORIDA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MASS IMMUNIZATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 33746798156     PISSN: 15387135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bsp.2006.4.55     Document Type: Article

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