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close this bookDisasters Preparedness and Mitigation - Issue No. 33 - January, 1988 (PAHO-OPS, 1988, 8 p.)
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Selected Bibliography

The articles listed in this section are of interest to health professionals 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 available reprints will be circulated to our readers periodically. When making requests, please quote the reference code listed to the left of the publication title.

G.5

Cyclone deaths in Bangladesh, May 1985: Who was at risk. A.K. Siddique and A. Eusof. Tropical and Geographical Medicine, (39):3-8, 1987.

G.8

Enfermedades transmisibles en refugiados guatemaltecos y población rural mexicana en Chiapas. Manuel Gonzalez Galnares, M.D. et al. Salud Pública de México, Vol. 29(1):41-48, 1987.

H.1

The measurement of children's sleep disturbances and somatic complaints following a disaster. Stephen J. Dollinger, Ph.D. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, Vol. 16(3):148-153, 1986.

H.3

Chemicals in transit: Be prepared. Ralph B. Leonard, M.D., Ph.D. Emergency Medicine, October, 1984:17-32.

H.4

The Bhopal incident: Implications for developing countries. B. Bowonder. The Environmentalist, Vol. 5(2):89-103, 1985.

H.6

The Chile earthquake of March 1985. Edmund Booth. Disasters, Vol. 9(3):190-196, 1985.

H.7

Terrorist bomb explosion at 1980 Octoberfest in Munich. J. Konzert-Wenzel, M.D. and H. Bartels, M.D. Journal of the World Association of Emergency Disaster Medicine, Vol. 1(1):346-49, 1985.

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