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Review
. 2007 Apr;61(4):282-6.
doi: 10.1136/jech.2004.030783.

Public health preparedness: a systems-level approach

Spencer Moore  1 , Al Mawji, Alan Shiell, Tom Noseworthy
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Public health preparedness: a systems-level approach

Spencer Moore et al. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2007 Apr.

Abstract

Public health and emergency preparedness have become central concepts in the current restructuring of various regional-, national- and global-level public health and emergency management agencies and systems. In this article, a glossary of the most important terms and concepts currently pertaining to public health preparedness is provided with a focus on systems-level and organisational issues.

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Competing interests: None.

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