The public health consequences of disaster.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997Description: xvii, 468 p. : ill. mapsISBN:- 0195095707
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Includes bibliographical references and index
The book summarizes the most pertinent and useful imformation about the public health impact of disasters. It is divided into four sections dealing with general issues, geophysical events, weather-related problems, and human-generated disasters. The discussion starts with a comprehensive survey of the concepts and role of surveillance and epidemiology, highlighting general environmental health concerns, communicable disease control, effective media relations, and the psychological impact of disasters. The other chapters cover discrete types of natural and technological hazards, addressing their history, origin, nature, observation, and control
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