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RESEARCH ARTICLE (Open Access)

Rebuilding community: considerations for policy makers in the wake of the 2011 Queensland floods

Elizabeth Kendall A B , Letitia Del Fabbro A , Carolyn Ehrlich A and Kylie Rixon A
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A Griffith Health Institute, Logan Campus, Meadowbrook, QLD 4131, Australia. Email: l.delfabbro@griffith.edu.au; c.ehrlich@griffith.edu.au; k.rixon@griffith.edu.au

B Corresponding author. Email: e.kendall@griffith.edu.au

Australian Health Review 35(4) 520-522 https://doi.org/10.1071/AH11000
Submitted: 28 January 2011  Accepted: 16 February 2011   Published: 18 October 2011

Journal Compilation © AHHA 2011


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