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How litigation can promote product safety.

PART 1: PUBLIC HEALTH 551 How Litigation Can Promote Product Safety Jon S. Vernick, Jason W. Sapsin, Stephen P. Teret, and Julie Samia Mair Injuries are an important public health problem in the United States. Litigation against manufacturers or sellers of dangerous products can reduce the risk of future product-related injuries. A framework is presented to describe the mechanism for the succes...

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Sense and Respond Systems

The term sense and respond systems has been widely used for some time; see for instance: [Haeckel93, Haeckel99]. A review of government, private and NGO (Non-Governmental Organizational) responses to natural and man-made disasters shows that success in responding to a changing environment depends much more on leadership, organization, and training than on information technology (IT). This paper...

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The Author Respond

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