Radiological and nuclear terrorism: Are you prepared?

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-58

  Van Moore Jr , Arl ^a,b  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Charlotte Radiology PA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dirty bombs; Disaster preparedness; Nuclear terrorism; Radiological terrorism

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM; ANTHRAX TOXIN; CESIUM; COBALT; CYANIDE; MUSTARD GAS; NERVE GAS; PHOSGENE; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; RICIN; SARIN; TRINITROTOLUENE;

ANTHRAX; ATOMIC WARFARE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BOTULISM; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CHEMICAL WARFARE; DISASTER PLANNING; EBOLA VIRUS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IMAGING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PLAGUE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SMALLPOX; TERRORISM; TULAREMIA;

EID: 84928096192     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1546-1440(03)00014-0     Document Type: Article

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