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Terrorism and public health : a balanced approach to strengthening systems and protecting people
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Terrorism and public health : a balanced approach to strengthening systems and protecting people

Author: Barry S Levy; Victor W Sidel
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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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