Public health risks of disasters
Subtitle: communication, infrastructure, and preparedness : workshop summary
By: William H. Hooke and Paul G. Rogers, editors ; Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine and Disasters Roundtable, National Research Council.
Contributors: Hooke, William H.; Rogers, Paul G.; Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine.; National Research Council (U.S.). Disasters Roundtable.
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 71
Subjects: Disasters -- Health aspects.; Health risk assessment.; Communication.; Disease Planning.; Disasters.; Emergencies.; Emergency Medical Services.; Public Health.; Public Health Practice.
Notes: Also available via the World Wide Web.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-59).
Summary of the workshop "Public health risks of disasters: building capacity to respond," held June 22, 2004, Washington, DC, and co-sponsored by the National Research Council Disasters Roundtable and the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine.