Mass gathering preparedness: The experience of the Athens 2004 olympic and Para-Olympic games

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 52-57

  Hadjichristodoulou, Christos ^a   Mouchtouri, Varvara ^b   Soteriades, Elpidoforos S ^b   Vaitsi, Vasiliki ^b   Kolonia, Virginia ^b   Vasilogiannacopoulos, Antonios P ^b   Kremastinou, Jeni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; OLYMPIC GAMES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

DISASTER PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EXPERIENCE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; PLANNING; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SPORT; STAFF TRAINING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EMERGENCIES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREECE; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPORTS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 17844376730     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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