Public health preparedness of post-katrina and rita shelter health staff

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 500-505

  Brahmbhatt, Daksha ^a,b   Chan, Jennifer L ^c,d   Hsu, Edbert B ^e   Mowafi, Hani ^c,f   Kirsch, Thomas D ^e   Quereshi, Asma ^e   Greenough, P Gregg ^c,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

hurricane; preparedness; public health; shelter; training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIVIL DEFENSE; DISASTER; HOUSING; HUMAN; HURRICANE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RED CROSS; REFUGEE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

CIVIL DEFENSE; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HOUSING; RED CROSS; REFUGEES; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 77951642056     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00007408     Document Type: Article

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