Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 2 , Pages 213-222, February 2009

Medical Response to a Radiologic/Nuclear Event: Integrated Plan From the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services

Presented in limited part at the Public Health Preparedness Summit, February 2007, Washington, DC.

  • C. Norman Coleman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
    • National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: C. Norman Coleman, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, HHH Building, Suite 638G, 200 Independence Ave, SW, Washington, DC 20201, 202-260-4456, fax 202-260-7642
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  • Chad Hrdina, MS

      Affiliations

    • Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
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  • Judith L. Bader, MD

      Affiliations

    • Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
    • National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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  • Ann Norwood, MD

      Affiliations

    • Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
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  • Robert Hayhurst, MBA, MS

      Affiliations

    • Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
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  • Joseph Forsha, MA

      Affiliations

    • Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
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  • Kevin Yeskey, MD

      Affiliations

    • Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
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  • Ann Knebel, RN, DNSc

      Affiliations

    • Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

Received 2 August 2007; received in revised form 14 September 2007 and 7 December 2007; accepted 18 December 2007. published online 04 April 2008.

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 The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and are not necessarily the official position of the US Department of Health and Human Services.

 Supervising editor: Robert A. De Lorenzo, MD, MSM

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article, that might create any potential conflict of interest. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.

 Publication date: Available online April 3, 2008.

PII: S0196-0644(07)01899-9

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.12.021

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Volume 53, Issue 2 , Pages 213-222, February 2009

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