Scarce resources for nuclear detonation: Project overview and challenges

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Coleman, C Norman ^a   Knebel, Ann R ^a   Hick, John L ^b   Weinstock, David M ^c   Casagrande, Rocco ^d   Caro, J Jaime ^e   DeRenzo, Evan G ^f   Dodgen, Daniel ^a   Norwood, Ann E ^g   Sherman, Susan E ^a   Cliffer, Kenneth D ^a   McNally, Richard ^h   Bader, Judith L ^a   Murrain Hill, Paula ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Gryphon Scientific ^*  (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CIVIL DEFENSE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHICS; HUMAN; MASS DISASTER; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RADIATION INJURY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TERRORISM; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

CIVIL DEFENSE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TERRORISM; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952995557     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/dmp.2011.15     Document Type: Note

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