Title |
A screening tool to prioritize public health risk associated with accidental or deliberate release of chemicals into the atmosphere
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, March 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-13-253 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
David H Blakey, Marc Lafontaine, Jocelyn Lavigne, Danny Sokolowski, Jean-Marc Philippe, Jean-Marc Sapori, Walter Biederbick, Regine Horre, Willi B Marzi, Hisayoshi Kondo, Yumiko Kuroki, Akira Namera, Tetsu Okumura, Miyako Yamamoto, Mikio Yashiki, Peter G Blain, David R Russell, Susan M Cibulsky, David A Jett |
Abstract |
The Chemical Events Working Group of the Global Health Security Initiative has developed a flexible screening tool for chemicals that present a risk when accidentally or deliberately released into the atmosphere. The tool is generic, semi-quantitative, independent of site, situation and scenario, encompasses all chemical hazards (toxicity, flammability and reactivity), and can be easily and quickly implemented by non-subject matter experts using freely available, authoritative information. Public health practitioners and planners can use the screening tool to assist them in directing their activities in each of the five stages of the disaster management cycle. |
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Student > Bachelor | 6 | 14% |
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Professor | 3 | 7% |
Other | 12 | 28% |
Unknown | 7 | 16% |
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Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 2 | 5% |
Other | 11 | 26% |
Unknown | 12 | 28% |