Terrorism and public health
Subtitle: a balanced approach to strengthening systems and protecting people
By: edited by Barry S. Levy, Victor W. Sidel.
Contributors: Levy, Barry S.; Sidel, Victor W.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
Subjects: Terrorism -- Health aspects; Disaster medicine; Emergency medical services; Weapons of mass destruction -- Health aspects; Emergency management; Terrorism -- Prevention; Health planning; Public health
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Challenges that terrorism poses to public health / Barry S. Levy and Victor W. Sidel; title: The public health response to the World Trade Center disaster / Timothy H. Holtz ... [et al.]; title: Addressing mental health needs / Zebulon Taintor; title: Addressing environmental health issues / Luz Claudio, Anjali Garg, and Philip J. Landrigan; title: Protecting the health and safety of rescue and recovery workers / Bruce Lippy; title: The public health response to the anthrax epidemic / Philip S. Brachman; title: Educating, informing, and mobilizing the public / Monica Schoch-Spana; title: Responding to the public health crisis in Afghanistan / Peter Salama, Jennifer Leaning, and Annalies Borrel; title: Small arms, explosives, and incendiaries / Wendy Cukier and Antoine Chapdelaine.; title: Biological weapons / Victor W. Sidel and Barry S. Levy; title: Chemical weapons / Herman Spanjaard and Oxana Khabib; title: Nuclear, radiological, and related weapons / Patrice M. Sutton and Robert M. Gould; title: Strenthening the public health system / C. William Keck and Marguerite A. Erme; title: Improving epidemiology, surveillance, and laboratory capabilities / J. Lyle Conrad and James L. Pearson; title: Improving vaccines, antimicrobials, and antitoxins through research / Dorothy Margolskee; title: Protecting food, water, and ambient air / Craig W. Hedberg, Jeffrey B. Bender, and Donald Vesley; title: Protecting civil liberties / H. Jack Geiger; title: Exploring the roots of terrorism / Cheryl E. Easley and Carol Easley Allen; title: Promoting international law / Peter Weiss.