Community assessment for public health emergency response following hurricane Ike - Texas, 25-30 September 2008

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 503-510

  Zane, David F ^a   Bayleyegn, Tesfaye M ^b   Haywood, Tracy L ^a   Wiltz Beckham, Dana ^c   Guidry, Harlan Mark ^c   Sanchez, Carlos ^d   Wolkin, Amy F ^b  

^a TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c Galveston County Health District   (United States)

^d Peru   (Peru)

Author keywords

community assessment; disaster; disaster response; hurricane; Hurricane Ike; public health assessment; rapid needs assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; HOUSING; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; UNITED STATES;

CYCLONIC STORMS; DATA COLLECTION; DISASTERS; HOUSING; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; TEXAS;

EID: 79952482260     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00008670     Document Type: Article

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