Radiation injury after a nuclear detonation: Medical consequences and the need for scarce resources allocation

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  DiCarlo, Andrea L ^a   Maher, Carmen ^b   Hick, John L ^c   Hanfling, Dan ^d   Dainiak, Nicholas ^e   Chao, Nelson ^f   Bader, Judith L ^g   Coleman, C Norman ^g   Weinstock, David M ^h  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^h HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute radiation syndrome; Nuclear detonation; Radiation injury

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RADIATION SYNDROME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ATOMIC BOMB; BURN; CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MASS DISASTER; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PROGNOSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SURGE CAPACITY; TERRORISM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACUTE RADIATION SYNDROME; ANIMALS; BURNS; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGE CAPACITY; TERRORISM; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79953004304     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/dmp.2011.17     Document Type: Review

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