Race, social capital, and the health impacts of Katrina: Evidence from the Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf Coast

Human Ecology Review

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-24

  Adeola, Francis O ^a   Picou, J Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catastrophes; Corrosive and altruistic communities; Disasters; Gulf Coast; Hurricane Katrina; Physical health impacts; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862184407     PISSN: 10744827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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