Differences in individual-level terrorism preparedness in Los Angeles County

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-6

  Eisenman, David P ^a,b   Wold, Cheryl ^c   Fielding, Jonathan ^c   Long, Anna ^c   Setodji, Claude ^a   Hickey, Scot ^a   Gelberg, Lillian ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK; TELEPHONE; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BIOTERRORISM; DISABLED PERSONS; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERRORISM; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 30544432352     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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