Public health and Hurricane Katrina: Lessons learned and what we can do now

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 271-274

  Ferdinand, Keith C ^a,b  

^a Association of Black Cardiologists Hurricane Katrina Relief ^*

^b Association of Black Cardiologists Hurricane Katrina Relief   (United States)

Author keywords

Natural disaster; Public health

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISASTER; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HURRICANE; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI; NATURAL DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RELIEF WORK;

EID: 31944451270     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (5)

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2. Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Addressing the Health Care Impact of Hurricane Katrina. www.kff.org/uninsured/7387.cfm. Accessed December 25, 2005.
3. http://www.KatrinaHealth.org.
4. Association of Black Cardiologists, www.abcardio.org. Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund.
5. Heart Disease and Stroke Deaths, 2002. www.cdc.gov.