Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 5 , Pages 471-477 , May 2008

Evaluating the effectiveness of an emergency preparedness training programme for public health staff in China

  • Chongjian Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, PR China
    • ,
  • Sheng Wei

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, PR China
    • ,
  • Hao Xiang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, PR China
    • ,
  • Yihua Xu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, PR China
    • ,
  • Shenghong Han

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, PR China
    • ,
  • Ommari Baaliy Mkangara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, PR China
    • ,
  • Shaofa Nie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, PR China
    • MOE Key Laboratory of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, PR China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hangkong Road 13, Wuhan 430030, PR China. Tel.: +862762434794; fax: +862783693763.

Received 23 January 2007 ,Revised 11 July 2007 ,Accepted 7 August 2007.

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PII: S0033-3506(07)00277-6

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.08.006

Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 5 , Pages 471-477 , May 2008

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