Infrastructure to support ultra high throughput biodosimetry screening after a radiological event

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 754-765

  Garty, Guy ^a   Karam, Andrew ^b   Brenner, David J ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Karam Consulting   (United States)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

accidents radiation; Disaster management; high throughput biodosimetry; radiation triage

Indexed keywords

ANTIDOTE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA STORAGE DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RAPID AUTOMATED BIODOSIMETRY TOOL;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MASS SCREENING; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79961068448     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2011.583317     Document Type: Article

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