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The Road Ahead

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Xavier R. Leus
Xavier R. Leus
Affiliation:
Director, Department of Emergency and Humanitarian Action, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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ALNAPCDCcivilian-militarydatadecision-makersdisaster managementdisaster medicinedisasterseconomicsepidemiologyevaluationguidelinesindicatorsinformationinternational responsibilityneedsprogresspublic healthreliefresearchSPHEREstandardssupplyWHO
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Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 15 , Issue 4: The Role of Public Health in Disaster Medicine , December 2000 , pp. 10 - 17
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Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2000

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