Health conditions and risk factors of sheltered persons displaced by hurricane katrina

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 55-58

  Vest, Joshua R ^a   Valadez, Adolfo M ^a  

^a Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic illness; displaced persons; health needs assessment; hurricane; Hurricane Katrina; public health; risk factors; shelters

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISASTER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 33746043013     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00003356     Document Type: Article

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