Panel classification of self-reported exposure histories: A useful exposure index after a mass-casualty event

Public Health Reports

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 776-783

  Van Sickle, David ^a,b,d   Wenck, Mary Anne ^a,c   Belflower, Amy ^c   Drociuk, Dan ^c   Ferdinands, Jill ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE;

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MASS DISASTER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; CLASSIFICATION; DISASTER; GAS; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL AUDIT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

CONSENSUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GASES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MEDICAL AUDIT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38449098634     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490712200609     Document Type: Article

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