Triage and Treatment of Radiation and Combined-injury Mass Casualties
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چکیده
INTRODUCTION TYPES OF NUCLEAR AND RADIOLOGICAL EXPLOSIVE WEAPONS MEDICAL EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR WEAPON DETONATION URBAN CASUALTY AND DESTRUCTION PATTERNS AFTER THE LOW-ALTITUDE NUCLEAR DETONATION AT HIROSHIMA CURRENT PROJECTIONS OF URBAN CASUALTY, DESTRUCTION, AND FALLOUT PATTERNS AFTER A GROUND-LEVEL NUCLEAR DETONATION PERSONAL PROTECTION AND LONG-TERM HEALTH RISKS FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL TRIAGE: CONVENTIONAL, RADIATION-ALONE, AND COMBINED INJURIES EVACUATION, RESUPPLY, AND AUSTERE MEDICAL CONDITIONS ASSESSMENT OF RADIATION DOSE: CLINICAL AND LABORATORY EMERGENCY TREATMENT OF COMBINED INJURIES DEFINITIVE TREATMENT OF RADIATION INJURIES DECONTAMINATION: EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS ON MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL SUMMARY
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