Terrorism in Japan

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 106-114

  Asai, Yasufumi ^a   L Arnold, Jeffrey ^b  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

bombing; chemical disaster; disaster; emergency; emergency management; Japan; sarin; terrorism

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CIVIL DEFENSE; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TERRORISM;

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CIVIL DEFENSE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; RESCUE WORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERRORISM;

EID: 3843147514     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00000844     Document Type: Article

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