GRACE: Public health recovery methods following an environmental disaster

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 77-85

  Svendsen, Erik R ^a,b   Whittle, Nancy C ^b   Sanders, Louisiana ^c   McKeown, Robert E ^a   Sprayberry, Karen ^b   Heim, Margaret ^b   Caldwell, Richard ^b   Gibson, James J ^b   Vena, John E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL   (United States)

^c Graniteville Community Coalition   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorine; Community based participatory research; Disaster; Epidemiology; Ethics

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY; DISASTER; ENVIRONMENT; KNOWLEDGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; WORK;

CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; CHLORINE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAILROADS; RELIEF WORK; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 77952170773     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: 21544700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19338240903390222     Document Type: Article

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