Radiation accident preparedness: A european approach to train physicians to manage mass radiation casualties

Health Physics

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 894-897

  Hotz, Mark E ^a   Fliedner, Theodor M ^b   Meineke, Viktor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b WHO Collaborating Ctr for R   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accidents; Education; Health effects; Nuclear; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CURRICULUM; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EUROPE; HUMAN; MASS DISASTER; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RADIATION INJURY;

CURRICULUM; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EUROPE; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE;

EID: 77952004103     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3181ab3e71     Document Type: Conference Paper

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