Hazmat emergency preparedness in Hong Kong: What are the dangerous goods in Kowloon?

Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 156-176

  Walter, Frank G ^a   Chan, Jimmy Tal Shing ^b   Winegard, Billie ^a   Shirazi, Farshad Mazda ^a   Chase, Peter B ^a   Chow, Yuk Yin ^c   de Boer, Melanie ^a   Denninghoff, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALICE HO MIU LING NETHERSOLE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Disaster planning; Emergency medicine; Epidemiology; Hazardous substances; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIDOTE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYANIDE; DICHLOROMETHANE; FLUORIDE; FLUORINE; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN; METHANOL; METHYLENE BLUE; NITRATE; NITRILE; NITRITE; NITROBENZENE;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DANGEROUS GOODS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FLAMMABILITY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HONG KONG; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PATIENT CARE; POISON CENTER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 49449084879     PISSN: 10249079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/102490790801500307     Document Type: Article

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