Mitigating the health impacts of a natural disaster - The June 2007 long-weekend storm in the Hunter region of New South Wales

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 187, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 670-673

  Cretikos, Michelle A ^a   Merritt, Tony D ^b   Main, Kelly ^b   Eastwood, Keith ^b   Winn, Linda ^c   Moran, Lucille ^b   Durrheim, David N ^b,d  

^a CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b HUNTER NEW ENGLAND POPULATION HEALTH   (Australia)

^c HUNTER NEW ENGLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIC; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NATURAL DISASTER; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; DISASTER; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; NATURAL DISASTERS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 39049137577     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01470.x     Document Type: Article

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