How to reduce the impact of "low-risk patients" following a bioterrorist incident: Lessons from SARS, anthrax, and pneumonic plague

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-43

  Rubin, G James ^a   Dickmann, Petra ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MASS DISASTER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PLAGUE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTHRAX; BIOTERRORISM; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; PLAGUE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TRIAGE;

EID: 77949614831     PISSN: 15387135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bsp.2009.0059     Document Type: Article

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