Radiology of Biological Weapons-Old and the New?

Seminars in Roentgenology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-59

  Ketai, Loren ^a   Tchoyoson Lim, C C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HANTAVIRUS; HUMAN; MONKEYPOX; NIPAH VIRUS; PLAGUE; POXVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGY; SMALLPOX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TULAREMIA; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANTHRAX; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BIOTERRORISM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, EQUINE; HANTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MONKEYPOX; PLAGUE; SMALLPOX; TULAREMIA;

EID: 33845288006     PISSN: 0037198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ro.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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