Medical response to a nuclear detonation: Creating a playbook for state and local planners and responders

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Murrain Hill, Paula ^a   Coleman, C Norman ^a   Hick, John L ^b   Redlener, Irwin ^c   Weinstock, David M ^d   Koerner, John F ^a   Black, Delaine ^a   Sanders, Melissa ^a   Bader, Judith L ^a   Forsha, Joseph ^a   Knebel, Ann R ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster response; Nuclear detonation; Planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CLASSIFICATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MASS DISASTER; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION INJURY; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

DISASTER PLANNING; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; STANDARD OF CARE; STATE GOVERNMENT; TERRORISM; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES;

EID: 79953006814     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/dmp.2011.13     Document Type: Article

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