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Selected bibliography

The articles listed in this section are of interest to health professional and others responsible for various aspects of disaster relief and preparedness programs They have been reproduced and recently added to the collection of articles available from the Editor of this Newsletter. A complete list of reprints is available upon request. Please quote the reference code listed to the left of the publication title when requesting articles.

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Determinación de Gases o Vapores Inflamables. Prevención (México: Organo informativo del Sistema Nacional de Protección Civil - CENAPRED). No. 4, Diciembre, 1992.

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Residuos Peligrosos. G. Fernández Villagómez, J. Becerril Alvarrán. Prevención (México: Organo informativo del Sistema Nacional de Protección Civil-CENAPRED). No. 4, Diciembre, 1992.

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Global Environmental Change and Human Population Health: A Conceptual and Scientific Challenge for Epidemiology. A. J. McMichael. International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 22, No. 1, 1993.

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SARA three Years Later: Emergency Physician's Knowledge. Beliefs, and Actions. L.Y. Landesman. R.B. Leonard. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. Vol. 8, No. 1, 1993. pp. 39-44.

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The Role of the Veterinarian in Hurricanes and Other Natural Disasters. R.M. Moore. Jr., Y.M. Davis. and R.G. Kaczmarek. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 653, June 16, 1992. pp. 367-375.

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Construction of a Large Dam in a Seismic Region in the Wake of an Earthquake: A Study of the Relationship Between Development and Disaster. G. Pandey. Disaster Management. Vol. 5, No. 1, 1993, pp. 42-48.

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