The Mount Ruapehu eruption, 1996: A review of potential health effects

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 773-778

  Weinstein, Philip ^a,b   Patel, Arvind ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT MONITORING; REVIEW; VOLCANO;

EID: 0031444544     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1997.tb01794.x     Document Type: Review

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