The post-disaster negative health legacy: Pregnancy outcomes in Louisiana after Hurricane Andrew

Disasters

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 665-686

  Antipova, Anzhelika ^a   Curtis, Andrew ^b  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; Hurricane Andrew; Louisiana; Pregnancy outcomes; Public health

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HURRICANE ANDREW 1992; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; LOUISIANA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 84942191078     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/disa.12125     Document Type: Article

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