Hurricane Katrina: The infarcts beyond the storm

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 131-135

  Lavie, Carl J ^a   Gerber, Thomas C ^b   Lanier, William L ^c  

^a Ochsner Medical Center   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISASTER; FLOODING; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; FLOODS; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 73849130956     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 193844X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DMP.0b013e3181bab1d4     Document Type: Review

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