Assessing post-disaster consequences for health at the population level: Experience from the AZF factory explosion in Toulouse

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-107

  Lang, Thierry ^a,b,c   Schwoebel, Valérie ^c   Diène, Eloi ^c   Bauvin, Eric ^b   Garrigue, Eric ^b   Lapierre Duval, Karine ^c   Guinard, Anne ^c   Cassadou, Sylvie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPLOSION; HEALTH IMPACT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; DISASTER PLANNING; EXPLOSION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DATA COLLECTION; DISASTER PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EXPLOSIONS; FRANCE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; HAUTE-GARONNE; MIDI-PYRENEES; TOULOUSE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846601027     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.043331     Document Type: Review

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