 | The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
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| The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
Victor W. Sidel, MD, Albert Einstein Medical College and Montefiore Medical Center, Distinguished University Professor of Social Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, New York, NY 10467, (718) 920-6586, vsidel@igc.org and Barry S. Levy, MD, MPH, Adjunct Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine, P. O. Box 1230, Sherborn, MA 01770.
In this session, contributors to War and Public Health (Oxford University Press, 1997; APHA, softcover updated edition, 2000) and others will present papers on current issues of the impact of war on public health and on the ways public health workers can prevent war and its public health impact. Along with papers that discuss the health impact of recent specific wars there will be discussion of the relationship between war and "terrorism" and of community organization to prevent war.
Learning Objectives:
Keywords: War, Gulf War
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.