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Medical Aspects of Thermonuclear Disaster

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Mass casualties, whether from conventional, biological, chemical, or nuclear warfare, can overwhelm any medical system. This chapter focuses on the immediate (first 2 days) management of casualties caused by tactical and strategic nuclear weapons but is equally applicable to the handling of casualties from radiation accidents.

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  1. C. Llewellyn
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  1. Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology B, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel

    N. D. Reis MB, BS, FRCS

  2. Internal Medicine B’, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel

    Eran Dolev MD

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Llewellyn, C. (1989). Medical Aspects of Thermonuclear Disaster. In: Reis, N.D., Dolev, E. (eds) Manual of Disaster Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83440-0_19

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