Author
Jayson Tappan, MD Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, National Naval Medical Center
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Coauthor(s)
Robin A C Marshall, MD Core Staff Physician, Assistant Residency Director, Civil Service Advocate, Department of Emergency Medicine, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth; Consulting Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Riverside Emergency Physicians, Riverside Regional Medical Center
Robin A C Marshall, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Emergency Medicine
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Specialty Editor Board
Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug Reference
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Chief Editor
Zygmunt F Dembek, PhD, MS, MPH, LHD Associate Professor, Department of Military and Emergency Medicine, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Senior Research Scientist, Data Science IV, Battelle Memorial Institute, Battelle Connecticut Operations
Zygmunt F Dembek, PhD, MS, MPH, LHD is a member of the following medical societies: American Chemical Society, American Legion, American Public Health Association, Association of Military Surgeons of the US, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Delta Omega Public Health Honorary Society, New York Academy of Sciences, Polish Legion of American Veterans, Reserve Organization of America, Society of American Federal Medical Laboratory Scientists, Veterans of Foreign Wars
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Additional Contributors
Mark Keim, MD Founder, DisasterDoc, LLC; Adjunct Professor, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health; Adjunct Professor, Harvard Affiliated Disaster Medicine Fellowship
Mark Keim, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians
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Acknowledgements
The authors and editors of Medscape Reference gratefully acknowledge the contributions of previous author, Jonathan L Burstein, MD, to the development and writing of this article.
