Seeking help for disaster services after a flood

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 139-141

  Stimpson, Jim P ^a   Wilson, Fernando A ^b   Jeffries, Shawn K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b MPH Program at San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergencies; Flood; Public assistance; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISASTER; FEMALE; FLOODING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIEF WORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

COHORT STUDIES; DISASTERS; FEMALE; FLOODS; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IOWA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RELIEF WORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES;

EID: 58749116451     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 193844X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DMP.0b013e318183cfbb     Document Type: Article

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