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References
- ↑ "Local health jurisdictions". Official website. Washington State Department of Health. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- ↑ Mullan 1989.
- ↑ Kahn 2009, p. 28.
- ↑ MRSC 2003, p. A1-3.
Sources
- Mullan, Fitzhugh (1989). Plagues and Politics: The Story of the United States Public Health Service. Basic Books.
- Special Purpose Districts in Washington State, Seattle: Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington (MRSC), August 2003
- Kahn, Laura H. (2009). Who's in Charge?: Leadership During Epidemics, Bioterror, Attacks, and Other Public Health Crises. Praeger Security International Series. Praeger Security International. ISBN 978-0-275-99485-3.
