TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - 10th Anniversary Review: Natural disasters and their long-term impacts on the health of communities
JO  - Journal of environmental monitoring
A1  - Cook, Angus
A1  - Watson, Jill
A1  - Buynder, Paul van
A1  - Robertson, Andrew
A1  - Weinstein, Phil
SP  - 167
EP  - 175
VL  - 10
IS  - 2
N2  - Long-term health impacts in communities that have experienced natural disasters are often overlooked. Recovery from natural disasters is often a long, drawn-out process. Recovery plans need to address these interruptions in the return to pre-disaster functioning and make provisions for addressing ongoing health problems. The following review will examine illness patterns that may arise, directly or indirectly, in the months and years following a disaster event. The objectives of the review are: (i) to identify the burden of long-term community ill-health following natural disaster events; (ii) to evaluate current gaps in the ongoing process of health monitoring for populations affected by disaster; (iii) to review approaches that would provide ongoing surveillance of physical and psychosocial ill-health.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1464-0325
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b713256p
ID  - ref1
ER  -