Emerging infectious diseases and the threat to occupational health in the U.S. and Canada. (©2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by William Charney.
• Other Names: Charney, William, 1947-
• Contents: Presentation to the commission to investigate the introduction and spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) -- Respirators and other personal protective equipment of health care workers -- Airborne pathogens: selection of respiratory protection -- Knowledge gaps and research priorities for effective protection against occupationally acquired respiratory infectious diseases: a Canadian perspective -- Ventilation systems for handling infectious diseases in a healthcare environment -- Infectious diseases, a resurgent problem: developing effective public health responses -- The fallacy of bioterrorism programs: a catastrophe of U.S. public health -- A killer flu? planning for the devastating effects of the inevitable pandemic -- Influenza: biology, transmission, course, complications, prevention, and treatment -- Hospital cleaners and housekeepers: the frontline workers in emerging diseases -- Establishing cooperative synergy: which agencies, which departments? -- A rural hospital's preparedness for an emerging infectious disease epidemic.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC/Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2006
• Copyright Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxxvii, 426 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 362.196/9; Emerging infectious diseases -- United States; Emerging infectious diseases -- Canada; Medicine, Industrial -- United States; Medicine, Industrial -- Canada; Occupational Exposure -- prevention & control; Occupational Health; Communicable Diseases, Emerging -- prevention & control; Disaster Planning -- organization & administration; Disease Outbreaks -- prevention & control; Public Health Administration; Maladies infectieuses émergentes -- États-Unis; Maladies infectieuses émergentes -- Canada; Médecine du travail -- États-Unis; Médecine du travail -- Canada; MEDICAL -- Infectious Diseases; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Contagious; Emerging infectious diseases; Medicine, Industrial; Canada; United States; Canada; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420006049; 1420006045
• Related ISBNs: 0849346371; 9780849346378
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-398) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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