Disaster mythology and fact: Hurricane Katrina and social attachment

Public Health Reports

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 555-566

  Jacob, Binu ^a   Mawson, Anthony R ^b   Payton, Marinelle ^c   Guignard, John C ^d  

^a ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Guignard Biodynamics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; VIRUS VECTOR;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CARBON MONOXIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CHOLERA; DENGUE; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; HYGIENE; LITERATURE; MENTAL HEALTH; NOROVIRUS; PEDICULOSIS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SANITATION; SCABIES; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TYPHOID FEVER; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FOREIGN WORKER; HOUSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SURVIVAL; VOLUNTARY WORKER; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ANXIETY, SEPARATION; DISASTER PLANNING; FAMILY; FOOD SUPPLY; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LOUISIANA; MYTHOLOGY; NATURAL DISASTERS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIEF WORK; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ALIENATION; SURVIVAL; TEXAS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 56149124886     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490812300505     Document Type: Review

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