Rapid assessment of the needs and health status in Santa Rosa and Escambia Counties, Florida, after Hurricane Ivan, September 2004

Disaster Management and Response

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-18

  Bayleyegn, Tesyafe ^a   Wolkin, Amy ^a   Oberst, Kathleen ^b   Young, Stacy ^a   Sanchez, Carlos ^a   Phelps, Annette ^c   Schulte, Joann ^c   Rubin, Carol ^a   Batts, Dahna ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FLORIDA; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; NATURAL DISASTERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIEF WORK; RESCUE WORK; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 30044450860     PISSN: 15402487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dmr.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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