Infectious Agents of Bioterrorism: A Review for Emergency Physicians

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 517-547

  Kman, Nicholas E ^a   Nelson, Richard N ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX VACCINE; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; BOTULINUM ANTISERUM; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIDOFOVIR; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; RIBAVIRIN; RIFAMPICIN; SMALLPOX VACCINE; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTHRAX; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BOTULISM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EBOLA VIRUS; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FUNGUS; HUMAN; NAIRO VIRUS; PANIC; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMALLPOX; TERRORISM; TULAREMIA; VIRUS;

EID: 41749087604     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2008.01.006     Document Type: Review

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