A rapid needs assessment of the rockaway peninsula in New York city after hurricane sandy and the relationship of socioeconomic status to recovery

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 632-638

  Subaiya, Saleena ^a   Moussavi, Cyrus ^b   Velasquez, Anthony ^a   Stillman, Joshua ^c  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Now This News   (United States)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INCOME; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW YORK CITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896511591     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301668     Document Type: Article

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