In search of the silver lining: The impact of superstorm sandy on Bellevue Hospital

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 135-142

  Uppal, Amit ^a   Evans, Laura ^a   Chitkara, Nishay ^a   Patrawalla, Paru ^a   Ann Mooney, M ^a   Addrizzo Harris, Doreen ^a   Leibert, Eric ^a   Reibman, Joan ^a   Rogers, Linda ^a   Berger, Kenneth I ^a   Tsay, Jun Chieh ^a   Rom, William N ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Disaster medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; NATURAL DISASTER; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84880876873     PISSN: 23256621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201212-116OT     Document Type: Article

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