Mobilizing mobile medical units for hurricane relief: The United States Public Health Service and Broward County Health Department response to hurricane Wilma, Broward County, Florida

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 447-452

  Taylor, Melanie M ^a,b,k   Stokes, William S ^c,d   Bajuscak, Ronald ^a   Serdula, Mary ^e   Siegel, Karen L ^c,f   Griffin, Brian ^g   Keiser, Jeffrey ^h   Agate, Lisa ^h   Kite Powell, Aaron ⁱ   Roach, David ^h   Humbert, Nancy ^h   Brusuelas, Kristin ^j   Shekar, Sam S ^c,f  

^a U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

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

^c United States Public Health Services Commissioned Corps

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g United States Public Health Services Commissioned Corps   (United States)

^h FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ Bureau of Epidemiology   (United States)

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

^k ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

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Author keywords

Disaster relief; Hurricane; Mobile medical units; Syndromic surveillance

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; NATURAL DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RELIEF WORK; RESCUE WORK; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 34548428725     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000285195.39179.7d     Document Type: Article

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