Medical preparedness against chemical and biological incidents for the NATO summit in istanbul and lessons learned

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 268-271

  Kenar, Levent ^a   Pharm, Turan Karayilanoglu ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

chemical and biological incidents; preparedness; terrorism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOLDIER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

BIOTERRORISM; CHEMICAL TERRORISM; CONGRESSES; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; TURKEY;

EID: 39049196224     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00003812     Document Type: Article

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