Decontamination

Jagminas, Liudvikas

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Liudvikas Jagminas MD, FACEP⁴

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Department of Emergency Medicine, Memorial Hospital, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
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Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 02215, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 02215, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Robert E. Antosia
Department of Emergency Medicine and Division of Infectious Diseases, St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital Center New York, 10019, New York, USA
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Jagminas, L. (2006). Decontamination. In: Antosia, R.E., Cahill, J.D. (eds) Handbook of Bioterrorism and Disaster Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-32804-1_47

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