Emergency Medical Response to a Chemical Terrorist Attack

Chemical Warfare Agents: Chemistry, Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 675-712

  Pulley, Stephen A ^a   Jones, Michael R ^b  

^a Attending Anesthesiologist Kennedy Health System ^*  (United States)

^b Kennedy Health System   (United States)

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EID: 84966753436     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420046625-30     Document Type: Chapter

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