@article{ref1,
title="Public health preparedness for maritime terrorist attacks on ports and coastal waters",
journal="American journal of disaster medicine",
year="2008",
author="Wassel, John J.",
volume="3",
number="6",
pages="377-384",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To assess the risk of mass casualties and necessary public health and provider preparation relating to maritime terrorist attacks on the US ports. DESIGN: Articles were obtained by searching PubMed database, Google, and Google Scholar search engines using terms such as &quot;maritime security,&quot; &quot;maritime terrorism,&quot;port security,&quot; &quot;terrorist attacks on the U.S. ports,&quot; &quot;terrorist nuclear attacks,&quot; &quot;terrorist attacks on liquefied natural gas tankers,&quot; and &quot;terrorist attack on high occupancy ships.&quot; SETTING: U.S. ports and coastal waters. RESULTS: Seventy-six journal articles were reviewed. CONCLUSIONS: Morbidity and mortality high for nuclear terrorist attack; mortality low but morbidity potentially high for radiological attacks. It would be more difficult for terrorist attack on natural gas tankers to cause high mortality and/or morbidity.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1932-149X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}