The Public Health Consequences of Disasters

Buch | Hardcover

488 Seiten

1997
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-509570-8 (ISBN)

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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.

Eric K. Noji, M.D., M.P.H., is Chief of the International Emergency and Refugee Health Unit at the Centers for Disease Control's International Health Program Office. He also serves as Director of the Center for Disease Control's World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Emergency Preparedness and Response.

PART I: GENERAL ISSUES ; 1. The Nature of Disaster ; 2. The Use of Epidemiologic Methods in Disasters ; 3. Surveillance and Epidemiology ; 4. Managing the Environmental Health Aspects of Disasters: Water, Human Excreta, and Shelter ; 5. Communicable Diseases and Disease Control After Disasters ; 6. Mental Health Consequences of Disasters ; 7. Effective Media Relations ; PART II: GEOPHYSICAL EVENTS ; 8. Earthquakes ; 9. Volcanoes ; PART III: WEATHER-RELATED PROBLEMS ; 10. Tropical Cyclones ; 11. Tornadoes ; 12. Heat Waves and Hot Environments ; 13. Cold Environments ; 14. Floods ; PART IV: HUMAN-GENERATED PROBLEMS ; 15. Famine ; 16. Air Pollution ; 17. Industrial Diasters ; 18. Fires ; 19. Nuclear-Reactor Incidents ; 20. Complex Emergencies

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.1.1997
Zusatzinfo	line figures and tables
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	885 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-19-509570-7 / 0195095707
ISBN-13	978-0-19-509570-8 / 9780195095708
Zustand	Neuware