Disaster Epidemiology: Assessing the Health Impacts of Environmental Public Health Disasters
Erik R. Svendsen
A review of disaster epidemiology as a sub-discipline. Covers tracking, mitigation, and research tools used in disaster response, with lessons drawn from Fukushima and other environmental public health events.
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