A tale of two cities: responses to the Eyjafjallajökull eruption and lessons for health disaster management
Isaac A. Seidl A B D , Michael P. Daly C , Andrew J. Johnson A and Peter Aitken A B
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A Townsville Health Service District, PO Box 670, Townsville, QLD 4810, Australia. Email: andrew_johnson@health.qld.gov.au; peter_aitken@health.qld.gov.au
B School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia.
C Metro South Health Service District, C/-Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, QLD 4102, Australia. Email: michaelp_daly@health.qld.gov.au
D Corresponding author. Email: isaac.seidl@jcu.edu.au
Australian Health Review 35(3) 294-296 https://doi.org/10.1071/AH10941
Submitted: 25 June 2010 Accepted: 5 November 2010 Published: 25 August 2011
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