Relevance and feasibility of multi-parameter assessment for management of mass casualties from a radiological event

Experimental Hematology

Volumn 35, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 17-23

  Dainiak, Nicholas ^a   Berger, Paul ^a   Albanese, Joseph ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CYTOGENETICS; DOSIMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION DOSE; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOM;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; TERRORISM;

EID: 33947222128     PISSN: 0301472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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