Improving decontamination procedures: A priority for chemical incident management

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 440-441

  Baker, David ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACCIDENT; HUMAN; NOTE; STANDARD; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; DECONTAMINATION; HUMANS;

EID: 79952113343     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00008530     Document Type: Editorial

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