Injuries after Hurricane katrina among gulf coast evacuees sheltered in Houston, Texas

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 460-468

  Faul, Mark ^a   Weller, Nancy F ^b   Jones, Julie A ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster response; Hurricane; Injury; Shelter; Triage; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY SHELTER; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RELIEF WORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYCLONIC STORMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SHELTER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOUISIANA; MALE; RELIEF WORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXAS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 80052288182     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2010.12.019     Document Type: Article

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