Biological and chemical terrorism: recognition and management.
Primary care physicians will be on the front line in detecting and managing any future terrorist attacks that use chemical or biological agents. This article reviews how to recognize and treat disease caused by exposure to nerve agents, blistering agents, hydrogen cyanide, ricin, anthrax, smallpox, plague, and botulinum toxin.
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Department of Emergency Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA. noellet@ccf.org
D000881:Anthrax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control; D001694:Biological Warfare; D023482:Bioterrorism; D001906:Botulism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002618:Chemical Warfare; D002619:Chemical Warfare Agents; D003666:Decontamination; D004189:Disaster Planning; D006801:Humans; D010930:Plague / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D012899:Smallpox / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy
D002619:Chemical Warfare Agents