Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 10 , Pages 1020-1029 , October 2008

World Cup 2010 planning: An integration of public health and medical systems

  • Arthur H. Yancey II

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, 49 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive, S. E, Atlanta, GA 30303, United States. Tel.: +1 404 616 6675; fax: +1 404 616 0074.
    • ,
  • Peter D. Fuhri

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Medical Services and Disaster Plan, National Department of Health, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
    • ,
  • Yogan Pillay

      Affiliations

    • Strategic Planning, National Department of Health, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
    • ,
  • Ian Greenwald

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

Received 17 January 2007 ,Revised 2 October 2007 ,Accepted 21 November 2007.

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PII: S0033-3506(07)00369-1

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.11.005

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