Public experiences of mass casualty decontamination

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 280-289

  Carter, Holly ^a,b   Drury, John ^b   James Rubin, G ^c   Williams, Richard ^d   Amloô, Richard ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIVIL DEFENSE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MASS DISASTER; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RESCUE PERSONNEL; STATISTICS; TEACHING; TERRORISM; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CIVIL DEFENSE; DECONTAMINATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY RESPONDERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SIMULATION; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; TERRORISM;

EID: 84866278936     PISSN: 15387135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bsp.2012.0013     Document Type: Article

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