The European Journal of Public Health Advance Access originally published online on October 26, 2006
The European Journal of Public Health 2007 17(1):3; doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckl076
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Better planning for health impact assessment of disasters
Pierre Verger1, Marc Ruijten2, David Russell3, Patrick Saunders4 and Thierry Lang5
1 Observatoire Régional de la Santé, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Marseille, France
2 Centre for Health Impact Assessment of Disasters (CGOR), RIVM MGO (mailbox 10), PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
3 Chemical Hazards and Poisons Division, The Centre for Chemicals Radiation and Environmental Hazards, The Health Protection Agency, Cardiff, Wales, UK
4 Chemical Hazards and Poisons Division, The Centre for Chemicals Radiation and Environmental Hazards, The Health Protection Agency, Chilton, Oxon, UK
5 Institut Fédératif de Recherche 126 Santé, Société Inserm U558 et Institut National de Veille Sanitaire, Toulouse, France
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