Redefining of public health preparedness after 9/11

The Lancet

Volumn 378, Issue 9794, 2011, Pages 957-959

  Farley, Thomas A ^a   Weisfuse, Isaac ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MASS DISASTER; MORTALITY; NOTE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESCUE PERSONNEL; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 80052481821     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60969-0     Document Type: Note

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