Bioterrorism: Pathogens as weapons

Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 521-529

  Anderson, Peter D ^a   Bokor, Gyula ^b  

^a Forensic Pharmacologist Private Practice   (United States)

^b Staff Psychiatrist at Taunton State Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

bioterrorism; CBRNE; emergency preparedness; homeland security; pathogens

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; SMALLPOX VACCINE; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFADIAZINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TOXIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; WATER;

AIRBORNE MICROORGANISM; ANTHRAX; ANTHRAX MENINGITIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BRUCELLOSIS; CARDITIS; DRUG FEVER; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; ENCEPHALITIS; FATIGUE; FOOD SAFETY; GLANDERS; HEADACHE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE REACTION; MELIOIDOSIS; MENINGITIS; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHARMACIST; PLAGUE; POPULATION; Q FEVER; SMALLPOX; SURVIVAL; TULAREMIA; TYPHUS; VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84866712079     PISSN: 08971900     EISSN: 15311937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0897190012456366     Document Type: Article

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