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Floods: An environmental health practitioner's emergency management guide, Counter Disaster Series No. 1
This monograph was produced for the National Environmental Health Forum, which the enHealth Council replaced. It is one of a number of monographs in the Counter Disaster Series.
This monograph was prepared by the Environmental Health Program Directorate of Territory Health Services of the Northern Territory, Public Health Services Branch of Queensland Health and the Public and Environmental Health Services of the Department of Human Services, South Australia.
This monograph can be used as a resource and reference during a flood disaster or can be used in the preparation of Local, State and Territory Disaster Plans. It is not, however, intended to be an exhaustive document.
PDF printable version of Floods: An environmental health practitioner's emergency management guide, Counter Disaster Series No. 1 (PDF 323 KB)
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