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. 2001 Dec;68(12):1001-2, 1004-9, 1013-6.
doi: 10.3949/ccjm.68.12.1001.

Biological and chemical terrorism: recognition and management

T P Noeller  1
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Biological and chemical terrorism: recognition and management

T P Noeller. Cleve Clin J Med. 2001 Dec.
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Abstract

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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