The necessity of the early use of antibiotics in treatment of mass casualties from ionizing radiation

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 381-

  Ende, Norman ^a   Kovalenko, Olga A ^a   Azzam, Edouard I ^b  

^a New Jersey Medical School University Hospital Cancer Center   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

BLAST INJURY; BONE MARROW RESCUE; CHOLERA; ENGRAFTMENT; EXPLOSION; HAITI; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IONIZING RADIATION; LETTER; MASS DISASTER; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; RADIATION INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 84859314564     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2012.644256     Document Type: Letter

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