Eight months later: Hurricane Katrina aftermath challenges facing the Infectious Diseases Section of the Louisiana State University Health Science Center

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 485-489

  Clark, Rebecca A ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DISASTER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISASTER PLANNING; HEALTH PLANNING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; NATURAL DISASTERS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746661122     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505980     Document Type: Review

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