Emergency preparedness among people living near US Army chemical weapons sites after September 11, 2001

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1601-1606

  Williams, Bryan L ^a   Magsumbol, Melina S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT;

ARMY; ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; SAFETY; SOLDIER; STANDARD; TERRORISM; TRUST;

ADULT; ALABAMA; ATTITUDE; CHEMICAL TERRORISM; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SECURITY MEASURES; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRUST; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES;

EID: 34548497891     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.111328     Document Type: Article

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