Medical preparation for terrorism in Australia. Is luck running out for "the Lucky Country?"

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 57-65

  Caldicott, David G E ^a   Edwards, Nicholas A ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; disaster; preparedness; response; South East Asia; terrorism; threat; weapons of mass destruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TERRORISM;

AUSTRALIA; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RELIEF WORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECURITY MEASURES; TERRORISM;

EID: 3843148576     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00000777     Document Type: Review

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