Burden of Disease and Health Status Among Hurricane Katrina-Displaced Persons in Shelters: A Population-Based Cluster Sample

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 426-432

  Greenough, P Gregg ^a,b   Lappi, Michael D ^b   Hsu, Edbert B ^c,d   Fink, Sheri ^b   Hsieh, Yu Hsiang ^c,d   Vu, Alexander ^c,d   Heaton, Clay ^b   Kirsch, Thomas D ^c,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEHYDRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HURRICANE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INJURY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; THORAX PAIN; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOUISIANA; MALE; NATURAL DISASTERS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 40949115448     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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