Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 7, Issue 5 , Pages 284-290, September 2009

Health and safety aspects of deployment of Australian Disaster Medical Assistance Team members: Results of a national survey

The authors wish to dedicate this research to the thousands of people affected by the South East Asian tsunami and Yogyakarta earthquake.

  • Peter Aitken

      Affiliations

    • Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
    • Emergency Department, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
    • ,
  • Peter Leggat

      Affiliations

    • Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, 4811, Australia. Tel.: +61 7 47816108; fax: +61 7 47815254.
    • ,
  • Andrew Robertson

      Affiliations

    • Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
    • Public Health Division, Department of Health, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
    • ,
  • Hazel Harley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
    • ,
  • Richard Speare

      Affiliations

    • Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
    • ,
  • Muriel Leclercq

      Affiliations

    • Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
    • Public Health Division, Department of Health, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Received 19 March 2009; accepted 24 March 2009. published online 08 May 2009.

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PII: S1477-8939(09)00056-8

doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2009.03.005

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 7, Issue 5 , Pages 284-290, September 2009

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