Weapons of mass destruction preparedness and response for the XIV Pan-American Games, Santo Domingo, 2003

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 256-260

  Báez, Amado Alejandro ^a,b,d   Sztajnkrycer, Matthew D ^c   Giráldez, Ediza M ^b,d   Comprés, Hugo Pérez ^d,e,f  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d Dominican Society of Prehospital Medicine   (Dominican Republic)

^e Central Armed Forces Hospital   (Dominican Republic)

^f Dominican Air Force   (Dominican Republic)

Author keywords

Dominican Republic; games; mass gathering; Pan American; terrorism; weapons of mass destruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC WARFARE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; DISASTER PLANNING; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SPORT;

BIOTERRORISM; CHEMICAL TERRORISM; DISASTER PLANNING; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HUMANS; NUCLEAR WARFARE; SPORTS;

EID: 39049180149     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00003794     Document Type: Article

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