Health status among emergency department patients approximately one year after consecutive disasters in New York City

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 958-964

  Fernandez, William George ^a,b   Galea, Sandro ^c,d   Miller, Jeff ^d   Ahern, Jennifer ^d,e   Chiang, William ^f   Kennedy, Elizabeth L ^b   Garritano, Joanna ^f  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airplane crash; Cumulative disaster exposure; Emergency department; Health related quality of life; September 11th

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISASTER; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHORT FORM 36; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; PAIN; PANIC DISORDER; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 25144499638     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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