Selected resources for emergency and disaster preparedness and response from the United States National library of medicine

Medical Reference Services Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-20

  Hochstein, Colette ^a   Arnesen, Stacey ^a   Goshorn, Jeanne ^a   Szczur, Marti ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological warfare; Bioterrorism; Chemical warfare; Databanks; Databases; Decontamination; Disaster planning; Disaster preparedness; Emergency planning; Hazardous substances; Information services; Internet; National Library of Medicine (NLM); Public health; Radiation; Radiation protection; Specialized Information Services (SIS); Tehip; Terrorism; Toxnet

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY; LIBRARY; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCIES; NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE (U.S.); TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85008852627     PISSN: 02763869     EISSN: 15409597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J115v27n01_01     Document Type: Article

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