Implications of the world trade center attack for the public health and health care infrastructures

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 400-406

  Klitzman, Susan ^a   Freudenberg, Nicholas ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORK; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0037371061     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.3.400     Document Type: Review

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