The public health consequences of disaster.

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997Description: xvii, 468 p. : ill. mapsISBN:

0195095707

DDC classification:

362.1 21

Subject: 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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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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