Lessons learned from Chicago's emergency response to mass evacuations caused by Hurricane Katrina

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1496-1504

  Broz, Dita ^a   Levin, Elise C ^a   Mucha, Amy P ^a   Pelzel, Darlene ^c   Wong, William ^b   Persky, Victoria W ^c   Hershow, Ronald C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Chicago ^*

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HURRICANE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL STAFF; PHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYCLONE; EMERGENCY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RELIEF WORK; RESCUE WORK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHICAGO; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION; CYCLONES; EMERGENCIES; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSING; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RELIEF WORK; RESCUE WORK;

EID: 68849129172     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.126680     Document Type: Article

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