Addressing concerns of pregnant and lactating women after the 2005 hurricanes:The OTIS response

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 235-241

  Quinn, Dorothy ^a   Lavigne, Sharon Voyer ^b   Chambers, Christina ^c   Wolfe, Lori ^d   Chipman, Hope ^e   Cragan, Janet D ^f   Rasmussen, Sonja A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Disaster; Hurricane; Pregnancy; Teratology information

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; COUNSELING; CYCLONE; DISASTER PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEPHONE; TERATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; BREAST FEEDING; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); COUNSELING; CYCLONES; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; HOTLINES; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; LOUISIANA; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149134537     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NMC.0000326078.49740.48     Document Type: Article

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