Economic vulnerability, discrimination, and hurricane Katrina: Health among black Katrina survivors in Eastern New Orleans

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 257-266

  Chen, Angela Chia Chen ^a   Keith, Verna M ^b   Airriess, Chris ^c   Wei, Li ^d   Leong, Karen J ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black; Health related quality of life; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Poverty; Racial discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548974259     PISSN: 10783903     EISSN: 15325725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078390307307260     Document Type: Article

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