Emerging disease syndromic surveillance for hurricane katrina evacuees seeking shelter in houston's astrodome and reliant park complex

Public Health Reports

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 364-371

  Murray, Kristy O ^a   Kilborn, Cindy ^b   Desvignes Kendrick, Mary ^a   Koers, Erin ^a   Page, Valda ^b   Selwyn, Beatrice J ^a   Shah, Umair A ^b   Palacio, Herminia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVOR; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CYCLONE; DISASTER; GASTROENTERITIS; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEE; SAFETY; SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CYCLONES; DISASTERS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ORLEANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REFUGEES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SYNDROME; TEXAS;

EID: 66149135645     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490912400304     Document Type: Article

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