A comparative assessment of major international disasters: the need for exposure assessment, systematic emergency preparedness, and lifetime health care

• Main Authors: Roberto G. Lucchini (Author), Dana Hashim (Author), Sushma Acquilla (Author), Angela Basanets (Author), Pier Alberto Bertazzi (Author), Andrey Bushmanov (Author), Michael Crane (Author), Denise J. Harrison (Author), William Holden (Author), Philip J. Landrigan (Author), Benjamin J. Luft (Author), Paolo Mocarelli (Author), Nailya Mazitova (Author), James Melius (Author), Jacqueline M. Moline (Author), Koji Mori (Author), David Prezant (Author), Joan Reibman (Author), Dori B. Reissman (Author), Alexander Stazharau (Author), Ken Takahashi (Author), Iris G. Udasin (Author), Andrew C. Todd (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background The disasters at Seveso, Three Mile Island, Bhopal, Chernobyl, the World Trade Center (WTC) and Fukushima had historic health and economic sequelae for large populations of workers, responders and community members. Methods Comparative data from these events were collected to der...