The Flint Water Crisis: A Coordinated Public Health Emergency Response and Recovery Initiative

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 25, Issue , 2019, Pages S84-S90

  Ruckart, Perri Zeitz ^a   Ettinger, Adrienne S ^a   Hanna Attisha, Mona ^b   Jones, Nicole ^b   Davis, Stephanie I ^a   Breysse, Patrick N ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

drinking water; Flint; lead poisoning; public health response

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; LEAD;

ADVERSE EVENT; BLOOD; COOPERATION; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MICHIGAN; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTER; WATER POLLUTANT;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DRINKING WATER; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MICHIGAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTRIES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85059927923     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: 15505022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000871     Document Type: Article

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