[edited by] Eric K. Noji ; traducido por Fabio A. Rivas.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Bogotá, Columbia :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Organización Panamericana de la Salud,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2000.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xvii, 461 pages :
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illustrations ;
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24 cm
GENERAL NOTES
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Published also in English (1997) with the title: The public health consequences of disasters.--T.p. verso.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introducción / Eric K. Noji -- I. Aspectos generales -- 1. Naturaleza de los desastres: sus características generales y sus efectos en la salud pública / Eric K. Noji -- 2. Uso de los métodos epidemiológicos en los desastres / Eric K. Noji -- 3. Vigilancia y epidemiología / Scott F. Wetterhall, Eric K. Noji -- 4. Manejo de los aspectos de salud ambiental de los desastres: agua, excretas humanas y albergue / Scott R. Lillibridge -- 5. Enfermedades trasmisibles y su control / Michael J. Toole -- 6. Consecuencias de los desastres en la salud mental / Ellen T. Gerrity, Brian W. Flynn -- 7. relaciones efectivas con los medios / R. Elliot Churchill -- II. Eventos geofísicos -- 8. Terremotos / Eric K. Noji -- 9. Volcanes / Peter J. Baxter -- III. Problemas relacionados con el clima -- 10. Ciclones tropicales / Josephine Malilay -- 11. Tornados / Scott R. Lillibridge -- 12. Oleadas de calor y ambientes calurosos / Edwin M. Kilbourne -- 13. Ambientes fríos / Edwin M. Kilbourne -- 14. Inundaciones / Josephine Malilay -- IV. Problemas generados por el hombre -- 15. Hambruna / Ray Yop -- 16. Contaminación del aire / Ruth A. Etzel, Jean G. French -- 17. desastres industriales / Scott R. Lillibridge -- 18. Incendios / Lee M. Sanderson -- 19. Accidentes en reactores nucleares /Robert C. Whitcomb, Jr., Michael Sage -- 20. Emergencias complejas: refugiados y otras poblaciones / Michael J. Toole.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Throughout the book the focus is on the level of epidemiologic knowledge about each aspect of disasters. Exposure-, disease-, and health-event surveillance are stressed because of the importance of objective data to disaster epidemiology and effective decision-making. In addition, the contributors pay particular attention to prevention and control measures, and provide practical recommendations in areas in which the public health practitioner needs more useful information. The text advocates stronger epidemiologic awareness as the basis for better understanding and control of disasters. A comprehensive theoretical and practical treatment of the subject, The Public Health Consequences of Disasters is an invaluable tool for epidemiologists, disaster relief specialists, physicians, and other public health professionals who treat disaster victims.