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This book summarizes the most recent and useful information about the public health impact of natural and man-made disasters. It emphasizes the uses of epidemiologic knowledge about different types of disasters. Each chapter is based on a variety of experiences and literature drawn from both developing and industrialized countries.
| ISBN | 0195095707 | | Pages | 486 | | ISBN13 | 9780195095708
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc | | Weight (grammes) | 906 | | Imprint | Oxford University Press Inc | | Published in | New York | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 234 | | Publication date | 30 Jan 1997 | | Width (mm) | 165 | | Library of Congress | RA645.5.P8 | | Spine width (mm) | 32 | | DEWEY | 363.34881 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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| | | Contributors | | | | | | Introduction by Eric K. Noji | | | | 1 | | The Nature of Disaster: General Characteristics and Public Health Effects by Eric K. Noji | | 3 | | 2 | | The Use of Epidemiologic Methods in Disasters by Eric K. Noji | | 21 | | 3 | | Surveillance and Epidemiology by Scott F. Wetterhall and Eric K. Noji | | 37 | | 4 | | Managing the Environmental Health Aspects of Disasters: Water, Human Excreta, and Shelter by Scott R. Lillibridge | | 65 | | 5 | | Communicable Diseases and Disease Control by Michael J. Toole | | 79 | | 6 | | Mental Health Consequences of Disasters by Ellen T. Gerrity and Brian W. Flynn | | 101 | | 7 | | Effective Media Relations by R. Elliott Churchill | | 122 | | 8 | | Earthquakes by Eric K. Noji | | 135 | | 9 | | Volcanoes by Peter J. Baxter | | 179 | | 10 | | Tropical Cyclones by Josephine Malilay | | 207 | | 11 | | Tornadoes by Scott R. Lillibridge | | 228 | | 12 | | Heat Waves and Hot Environments by Edwin M. Kilbourne | | 245 | | 13 | | Cold Environments by Edwin M. Kilbourne | | 270 | | 14 | | Floods by Josephine Malilay | | 287 | | 15 | | Famine by Ray Yip | | 305 | | 16 | | Air Pollution by Ruth A. Etzel and Jean G. French | | 336 | | 17 | | Industrial Disasters by Scott R. Lillibridge | | 354 | | 18 | | Fires by Lee M. Sanderson | | 373 | | 19 | | Nuclear Reactor Incidents by Robert C. Whitcomb, Jr. and Michael Sage | | 397 | | 20 | | Complex Emergencies: Refugee and Other Populations by Michael J. Toole | | 419 | | | | Index | | 443 |
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