Infectious disease and dermatologic conditions in evacuees and rescue workers after hurricane Katrina - Multiple states, August-September, 2005

JAMA

Volumn 294, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 2158-2160

  Jablecki, J ^a   Norton, S A ^b   Keller, R ^c   DeGraw, C ^d   Ratard, R ^e,f   Straif Bourgeois, S ^e,f   Holcombe, J M ^g   Quilter, S ^g   Byers, P ^h   McNeill, M ^h   Schlossberg, D ^q   Dohony, D P ⁱ   Neville, J ^j   Carlo, J ^k   Buhner, D ^k   Smith, B R ^l   Wallace, C ^l   Jernigan, D ^m   Sobel, J ^m   Reynolds, M ^m   Moore, M ^m   Kuehnert, M ^m   Mott, J ^m   Jamieson, D ^m   Burns Grant, G ⁿ   Misselbeck, T ⁿ   Cruise, P E ⁿ   LoBue, P ⁿ   Holtz, T ⁿ   Haddad, M ⁿ   Clark, T A ^o   Cohen, A ^p   Sunenshine, R ^p   Jhung, M ^p   Vranken, P ^p   Lewis, F M T ^p   Carpenter, L R ^p   more..

^a ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b 14Th Combat Support Hospital   (United States)

^c OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d TB Control Section

^e Louisiana Office of Public Health   (United States)

^f LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS   (United States)

^g TB Control Program

^h MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ Philadelphia TB Control Program   (United States)

^j USAF   (United States)

^k Dallas County Department of Health   (United States)

^l Texas Dept of State Health Svcs   (United States)

^m Outbreak Investigations Team

ⁿ CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^o NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^p CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^q NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INFECTION; NOTE; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27644497907     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.294.17.2158     Document Type: Note

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