Health hazard evaluation of police officers and firefighters after Hurricane Katrina - New Orleans, Louisiana, October 17-28 and November 30-December 5, 2005

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 55, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 456-458

  Bernard, B P ^a   Driscoll, R J ^a   Kitt, M ^b   West, C A ^c   Tak, S W ^c  

^a Division of Surveillance   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISASTER; FIRE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLICE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGED; FIRES; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLICE; RESCUE WORK;

EID: 33646069353     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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