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ReviewTheScientificWorldJournal2018

How Prepared Are We for Possible Bioterrorist Attacks: An Approach from Emergency Medicine Perspective.

Ali Kemal Erenler, Murat Güzel, Ahmet Baydin

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Review in TheScientificWorldJournal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ali Kemal ErenlerHitit University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Çorum, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-2101-8504
Murat GüzelSamsun Education and Research Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Samsun, Turkey.
Ahmet BaydinSamsun Ondokuzmayıs University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Samsun, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-4987-0878

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Preparedness for bioterrorist attacks and early recognition of specific agents are essential for public health. Emergency departments may play an important role in this field. The large spectrum of bioterrorism involves not only disastrous terrorism with mass casualties, but also microevents using low technology but producing civil unrest, disruption, disease, disabilities, and death. It aims not only to cause mortality and morbidity, but also to lead to social and political disruption. Preparedness appears to be the most potent defense against possible bioterrorist events. In this article, we aim to create awareness against biological agents and underline the importance of emergency departments in this public health problem.

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BioterrorismDisaster PlanningEmergency MedicineHumans

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PMID30104916
PMCPMC6076891

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