A note on the number of survey stations required in a mass casualty radiation event

Health Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 705-706

  Goans, Ronald E ^a,b  

^a MJW Corporation University Park ^*  (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident analysis; Emergencies, radiological; Emergency planning; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; DATA COLLECTION; DISASTER PLANNING; EXPLOSIONS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; RADIATION INJURIES; TRIAGE;

EID: 36048941317     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000275290.08589.f3     Document Type: Article

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