Improving hospital preparedness for radiological terrorism: Perspectives from emergency department physicians and nurses

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 174-184

  Becker, Steven M ^a   Middleton, Sarah A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster management; Hospital preparedness; Radiological terrorism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIATION INJURY; STANDARD; TERRORISM; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECONTAMINATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; TERRORISM;

EID: 58749108463     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 193844X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DMP.0b013e31817dcd9a     Document Type: Article

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