Citation

Blakey DH, Lafontaine M, Lavigne J, Sokolowski D, Philippe JM, Sappori JM, Biederbick W, Horré R, Marzi WB, Kondo H, Kuroki Y, Namera A, Okumara T, Yamamoto M, Yashiki M, Blain PG, Russell DR, Cibulsky SM, Jett DA. BMC Public Health 2013; 13(1): 253.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group - BMC)

DOI

10.1186/1471-2458-13-253

PMID

23517410

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.

Language: en