Educating medical staff about responding to a radiological or nuclear emergency

Health Physics

Volumn 96, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2009, Pages

  McCurley, M Carol ^a   Miller, Charles W ^a   Tucker, Florie E ^b   Guinn, Amy ^c   Donnelly, Elizabeth ^a   Ansari, Armin ^a   Holcombe, Maire ^a   Nemhauser, Jeffrey B ^a   Whitcomb Jr , Robert C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Education, health physics; Emergencies, radiological; Emergency planning; Operational topics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; ATOMIC BOMB; CIVIL DEFENSE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY; HEALTH PHYSICS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RADIATION PROTECTION; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CIVIL DEFENSE; EMERGENCIES; HEALTH PHYSICS; HUMANS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65549106508     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000339001.77899.15     Document Type: Article

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