Animals as sentinels of chemical terrorism agents: An evidence-based review

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-100

  Rabinowitz, Peter ^a,d   Wiley, James ^a,b   Odofin, Lynda ^a   Wilcox, Matthew ^a   Dein, F Joshua ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal sentinels; Chemical warfare agents; Comparative medicine; Evidence based medicine; Nerve agents; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; CHLORINE; CHLORMETHINE; CYCLOSARIN; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; MUSTARD GAS; NERVE GAS; PHOSGENE; SARIN; SOMAN; TABUN;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIMENTAL CAT; EXPERIMENTAL DOG; EXPERIMENTAL GUINEA PIG; EXPERIMENTAL MONKEY; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; GOAT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SENTINEL EVENT; SHEEP; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOXICOKINETICS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; CHEMICAL TERRORISM; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 38949108597     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650701664905     Document Type: Review

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