Bringing Order Out of Chaos: Effective Strategies for Medical Response to Mass Chemical Exposure

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 527-548

  Kirk, Mark A ^a   Deaton, Michael L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBAMATE INSECTICIDE; CHLORINE; CYANIDE; DIAMORPHINE; DICHLOROMETHANE; HYDROCARBON; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHYL ISOCYANATE; MORPHINE; MUSTARD GAS; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; OXYCODONE; PHOSGENE; PHOSPHINE; SARIN; THINNER; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

CHEMICAL BURN; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DANGEROUS GOODS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; NARCOTIC DEPENDENCE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TERRORISM;

EID: 34247566629     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2007.02.005     Document Type: Review

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