Physical and mental health consequences of Katrina on vietnamese immigrants in New Orleans: A pre- and post-disaster assessment

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 386-394

  Vu, Lung ^a   Van Landingham, Mark J ^b  

^a POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Hurricane Katrina; New Orleans; Vietnamese

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEPRESSION; DISASTER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; VIET NAM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CYCLONIC STORMS; DEPRESSION; DISASTERS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ORLEANS; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; VIETNAM;

EID: 84860836445     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-011-9504-3     Document Type: Article

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