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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Barry S Levy; Victor W Sidel |
| ISBN: | 0195158342 0195325257 9780195325256 9780195158342 |
| OCLC Number: | 50028488 |
| Description: | xxiv, 377 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Challenges that terrorism poses to public health / Barry S. Levy and Victor W. Sidel -- The public health response to the World Trade Center disaster / Timothy H. Holtz ... [et al.] -- Addressing mental health needs / Zebulon Taintor --Addressing environmental health issues / Luz Claudio, Anjali Garg, and Philip J. Landrigan -- Protecting the health and safety of rescue and recovery workers / Bruce Lippy -- The public health response to the anthrax epidemic / Philip S. Brachman -- Educating, informing, and mobilizing the public / Monica Schoch-Spana -- Responding to the public health crisis in Afghanistan / Peter Salama, Jennifer Leaning, and Annalies Borrel -- Small arms, explosives, and incendiaries / Wendy Cukier and Antoine Chapdelaine -- Biological weapons / Victor W. Sidel and Barry S. Levy -- Chemical weapons / Herman Spanjaard and Oxana Khabib -- Nuclear, radiological, and related weapons / Patrice M. Sutton and Robert M. Gould -- Strengthening the public health system / C. William Keck and Marguerite A. Erme -- Improving epidemiology, surveillance, and laboratory capabilities / J. Lyle Conrad and James L. Pearson -- Improving vaccines, antimicrobials, and antitoxins through research / Dorothy Margolskee -- Protecting food, water, and ambient air / Craig W. Hedberg, Jeffrey B. Bender, and Donald Vesley -- Protecting civil liberties / H. Jack Geiger -- Exploring the roots of terrorism / Cheryl E. Easley and Carol Easley Allen -- Promoting international law / Peter Weiss. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Barry S. Levy, Victor W. Sidel. |
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This has to be the 'book of the year' so far, in this so important field of study, and deserves the widest possible readership. RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Journal
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