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On the Role of Poison Centers in Radiation Emergency Preparedness and Response Activities: Findings of the “Radiation Emergencies Public Health Roundtable” (Atlanta, GA—August 2012)

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Acknowledgments

Contributing to the roundtable and to the contents of this paper were: Fred Aleguas (Northern Ohio Poison Center), Leeanna Allen (Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education), Armin Ansari (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Stacey Bangh (Hennepin Regional Poison Control Center), John Benitez (Tennessee Poison Center), Cynthia Bichler (Upstate New York Poison Center), Stephen Borron (West Texas Poison Center), Edward Bottei (Iowa Statewide Poison Center), Daniel Brooks (Banner Good Samaritan Poison Center), David Burns (Indiana Poison Center), Jennifer Buzzell (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Debbie Carr (American Association of Poison Control Centers), Jaime Cain (Wisconsin Poison Center), Barbara Crouch (Utah Poison Control Center), Cindy Deutsch (Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center), Jose Diaz-Alcala (Puerto Rico Poison Center), Tonya Drayden (Oregon Poison Center), Peter Edwards (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Miguel Fernandez (South Texas Poison Center), John Fisher (Alabama Poison Center), Robert Geller (Georgia Poison Center), Susan Gorman (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Lloyd Herrington (Georgia Poison Center), Marina Hradil (Washington Poison Center), Michelle Huffman (Central Ohio Poison Center), Jeanie Jaramillo (Texas Panhandle Poison Center), Betsy Kagey (Georgia Department of Public Health), Ronald Kirschner (Nebraska Regional Poison Center), Ed Krenzelok (Pittsburgh Poison Center), Art Kubic (Illinois Poison Center), Karen Landers (Alabama Department of Public Health), Royal Law (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Colleen Martin (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Charles Miller (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Jeffrey Nemhauser (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Lisa Oller (University of Kansas Hospital Poison Control Center), Tamas Peredy (Northern New England Poison Center), Dan Polanski (Georgia Department of Public Health), Ruddy Rose (Virginia Poison Center), Pamala Rossi (Arkansas Poison Control Center), Amanda Ruback (Missouri Poison Center), Scott Schaefer (Oklahoma Poison Center), Joshua Schier (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Erin Simms(Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists), Farshad Mazda Shirazi (Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center), Henry (Rick) Spiller (Central Ohio Poison Center), and Dennis Wigandt (Regional Center for Poison Control and Prevention).

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  1. Radiation Studies Branch, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA

    A. C. Pomerleau

  2. American Association of Poison Control Centers, Alexandria, VA, USA

    J. L. Schauben & A. C. Bronstein

  3. Health Studies Branch, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA

    A. S. Chang

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Pomerleau, A.C., Schauben, J.L., Bronstein, A.C. et al. On the Role of Poison Centers in Radiation Emergency Preparedness and Response Activities: Findings of the “Radiation Emergencies Public Health Roundtable” (Atlanta, GA—August 2012). J. Med. Toxicol. 10, 107–111 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13181-013-0363-2

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